Semantic Web Tools and Technologies for Competence Management : The Case Study of R&D Organization

Semantic-based technologies have been steadily increasing their relevance in recent years in both the research world and business world. Considering this, the present book discusses the process of design and implementation of a competence management system in information and communication technologies domain utilizing the emerging Semantic Web standards, tools and technologies. The proposed approach extends the functionalities of existing enterprise information systems and offers possibilities for development of future Internet applications. This allows organizations to express their core competences and talents in a standardized, machine processable and understandable format, and hence, facilitates their information exchange and integration with similar organizations on the Semantic Web.