The perceived utility of standard ontologies in document management for specialized domains

  • Authors:
  • Mihye Kim;Paul Compton

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science Education, Catholic University of Daegu, 712-702, South Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

A user-based document management system has been developed for small communities on the Web. The system is based on the free annotation of documents by users. A number of annotation support tools are used to suggest possible annotations, including suggesting terms from external ontologies. This paper outlines some evaluation data on how users actually interact with the system in annotating their document especially on the use of standard ontologies. Results indicate that although an established external taxonomy can be useful in proposing annotation terms, users appear to be very selective in their use of the terms proposed and to have little interest in adhering to the particular hierarchical structure provided.