SEKT: Semantically-enabled knowledge technologies

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0142

Key words (English)

Knowledge management; ontologies; metadata extraction

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 506826

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.2 Communications technologies

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

The vision of SEKT is to develop and exploit the knowledge technologies which underlie Next Generation Knowledge Management. We envision knowledge workplaces where the boundaries between document management, content management, and knowledge management are broken down, and where knowledge management is an effortless part of day to day activities. Appropriate knowledge is automatically delivered to the right people at the right time at the right granularity via a range of user devices. Knowledge workers will be empowered to focus on their core roles and creativity; this is key to European competitiveness.
The SEKT strategy is built around the synergy of the complementary know-how of the key European centres of excellence in Ontology and Metadata Technology, Knowledge Discovery and Human Language Technology, besides major European ICT organisations.
Specifically, SEKT will deliver software to: semi-automatically learn ontologies and extract metadata; and to maintain and evolve the ontologies and metadata over time; to provide knowledge access; besides middleware to effect integration of all the SEKT components. SEKT will also develop a methodology for using semantically-based knowledge management. The software components and the methodology will be evaluated and refined through three case studies, in the legal, media and telecoms industries.
SEKT will also undertake a programme of dissemination. This will be aimed not just at specialist technical communities, but also at wider information technology management and general management communities. The object of this dissemination programme will be not just the specific results of SEKT, but also the general applicability of the semantically-based approach to knowledge management. Some of this programme will be in concertation with other projects in the semantically-enabled knowledge systems strategic objective. There will also be standards activity jointly with these projects.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
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