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Ontologies and Ontology-Based Applications

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This paper is a result of a thorough search and synthesis, aiming to provide an overall view of the application fields, where ontologies have already been deployed, presenting at the same time the benefits from their use in each field. In the following paragraphs, ontology applications in the fields of semantic web, knowledge management, e-commerce, multimedia and graphics, grid computing, pervasive computing environments are discussed, and in each field, an effort is made to outline the basic ontology features that deal with real or potential issues.

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  1. Department of Archive and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Greece

    Panorea Gaitanou

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  1. Depto. Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Ctra. Barcelona Km 33.6 Campus E. Politecnica, Alcalá De Henares Madrid, 28871, Spain

    Miguel-Angel Sicilia

  2. Computer Engineering & Informatics Dept, University of Patras Research Academic Computer Tech. Inst, Patras, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

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Gaitanou, P. (2009). Ontologies and Ontology-Based Applications. In: Sicilia, MA., Lytras, M.D. (eds) Metadata and Semantics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77745-0_28

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