KAIFIA: Knowledge assisted intelligent framework for information access

Badii, A., Lallah, C., Kolomiyets, O., Zhu, M. and Crouch, M. (2008) KAIFIA: Knowledge assisted intelligent framework for information access. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 4999. pp. 226-236. ISSN 0302-9743 978-3-540-70873-5

Abstract/Summary

Accessing information, which is spread across multiple sources, in a structured and connected way, is a general problem for enterprises. A unified structure for knowledge representation is urgently needed to enable integration of heterogeneous information resources. Topic Maps seem to be a solution for this problem. The Topic Map technology enables connecting information, through concepts and relationships, and their occurrences across multiple systems. In this paper, we address this problem by describing a framework built on topic maps, to support the current need of knowledge management. New approaches for information integration, intelligent search and topic map exploration are introduced within this framework.