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Building a family ontology to meet consistency criteria
Semantic web is an extension of the current web in which the existing information on
the web are organized and encoded more meaningfully using ontology language, thus
enabling effective communication among machines and humans. Ontology is the
backbone of the semantic web that contributes to knowledge sharing among intended
parties over distributed systems around the world. In the past few years, semantic web
has been widely accepted by a variety of fields for better knowledge representation,
communication, sharing and reasoning on the web. Now, there are existing genealogical
ontologies proposed by different groups of researchers once semantic web has emerged
as third generation of the web. However, existing ontologies still lack certain important
concepts and properties to support the domain of family relations. This may lead to the
inability of the ontology to deliver full potential of exchanging family history
information among all interested parties. Moreover, existing ontologies do not employ
the full potential of SWRL rules to reason the individuals within the ontology. The main
aim of this research is to build a new Family Ontology which obeys the consistency
criteria. Consistency checking ensures there are no contradictory concepts found within
the resulting ontology. The consistency of Family Ontology will be evaluated using
FACT++, HermiT and Pellet reasoners. By augmenting the additional axioms and
testing the resulting ontology thoroughly using reasoner tools, the proposed Family
Ontology is expected to achieve a consistency of 100%.This research is meaningful and
significant to all humans since everyone has his or her own unique family history. The
proposed ontology also facilitates effective and efficient communication among all
intended parties since shared vocabularies and standards are employed by the proposed
ontology
SMS Management System for Direct Sales and Network Marketing
SMS management system in direct sales and network marketing is a concept of integrating information system with mobile phone as well as using short message service (SMS) as a medium of communication in the business process of direct sales and network marketing sector. Direct sales and network marketing sector is a business phenomenon which expanding rapidly within these few years and it will keep on expanding. To deal with the large members and distributors joining the company, the management of these companies started to seek for new direction in upgrading the relationship management between the company and the distributors. This is important when the low cost and time saving SMS is introduce to these direct selling companies. With the intention of enhancing the connection between distributors is an opportunity to integrate SMS system in the management system in this industry. In this paper, we have analyzed how the SMS will play an important role in the business process by allowing the end user and the company will benefit from its simple and cost saving
Future Thames : applied geoscience for decision-making in London and the Thames Basin
The Thames Basin is the UKâs principal aquifer. It encompasses London, which is
Europeâs largest megacity, and has an extensive coastal zone. It presents a unique
conjunction of geological, hydrogeological, environmental, and socio-economic
factors that are intrinsically linked by the effects of environmental change.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is responding to this challenge through its
FutureThames initiative. FutureThames aims to initiate, facilitate and support
interdisciplinary and collaborative geoscience research in an attempt to understand
the effects of environmental change in the Thames Basin. Such collaboration will
assist in providing âreal worldâ responses to different âwhat ifâ scenarios, such as
âWhat will happen to groundwater if a new housing estate is built here?â Or âHow
will sea-level rise affect my property?â Six key environmental challenges have
been identified to provide a framework to focus our research activities in the region
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