Current Research Information Systems (CRISs) are dedicated to manage information about Research t... more Current Research Information Systems (CRISs) are dedicated to manage information about Research through CERIF. CERIF is a data model describing the Research involved entities and their manifold relationships in an efficient and scalable way. In addition to the ER-Model CERIF specifies an XML exchange format and develops a domain vocabulary-aimed at reuse and mappings, and towards increased openness. CRISs serve many stakeholders in their recording, reporting and decision-making alongside the entire research process ; whether they are developing programmes, allocating funding, assessing projects, executing projects, generating results, assessing results or transferring technology. A CRIS contains data and metadata or information about e.g. project managers, ongoing and completed projects, research departments, funding organisations, programmes and funding, researchers, research results (publications, patents, products), events, infrastructures (facilities, services, equipment) and their timely relationships (semantics), enabling an integrated approach for managing research information. CERIF-the Common European Research Information Format-is a European Commission Recommendation to Member States and its roots date back to the late 80ies, where it has always been tightly related with CRISs). It is now in the responsibility of euroCRIS, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of Research Information Systems and their interoperability.
We present a 3-layer model for metadata of which the key component is CERIF in the middle, contex... more We present a 3-layer model for metadata of which the key component is CERIF in the middle, contextual, layer. CERIF forms the lowest, most detailed level of metadata information that is common across research objects such as datasets. Its richness of representation makes it a superset over many other metadata formats allowing their congruent generation from CERIF. CERIF is used in42 countries and is an EU Recommendation to member States.
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2014
In the context of the wide research environment we introduce the CERIF (Common European Research ... more In the context of the wide research environment we introduce the CERIF (Common European Research Information Format) data model which (a) has a richer structure than the usual metadata standards used in research information; (b) separates base entities from link entities thus providing flexibility in expressing role based temporal relationships; (c) defines a distinct semantic layer so that relationship roles in link entities and controlled value lists in base entities are separately managed and multiple vocabularies can be used and related to each other; (d) can generate the common metadata formats used in research information. CERIF is used widely and is an EU Recommendation to Member States. At the request of the European Commission, CERIF is maintained, developed and promoted by euroCRIS.
CERIF (the Common European Research Information Format) XML is the data exchange format to enable... more CERIF (the Common European Research Information Format) XML is the data exchange format to enable the transport of CERIF data between CRISs (Current Research Information Systems) or between CRISs and non-CRISs. It builds on standardised XML technologies recommended by the W3C. The CERIF XML format has been consolidated and updated in the CERIF 1.4 release and is thus a major upgrade compared to CERIF 1.3. The CERIF 1.5 XML complies with the CERIF 1.5 Full Data Model (FDM). CERIF is a formal conceptual model to support the management of Research Information, including the set up of and the interoperation between Research Information Systems. The CERIF model is considered a standard; recommended by the European Union to its Member States. It has been developed with support by the European Commission in two major phases: 1987-1990 and 1997-1999. In 2000 the European Commission handed over the care and custody of CERIF to euroCRIS (www.eurocris.org), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of Current Research Information Systems (CRISs).
CERIF (the Common European Research Information Format) is a formal conceptual model to support t... more CERIF (the Common European Research Information Format) is a formal conceptual model to support the management of Research Information, including the set up of and the interoperation between Research Information Systems. Research Information is information about research entities such as people, projects, organisations, publications, patents, products, funding, or equipment, etc. and the relationships between them. Information Systems allow to structure, store, maintain, exchange, access, disseminate or assess the information they contain. We consider CERIF; the CERIF entities, their rich and flexible relationship management, the CERIF XML interchange, and the CERIF Semantics a very powerful instrument for setting up scalable and quality-oriented information systems. This 2008-1.2 release includes a major upgrade by providing a formal CERIF Semantics for a defined, current core of entities. This document is considered a detailed description of the range and structure of the latest C...
International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, 2010
LT World (www.lt-world.org) is an ontology-driven web portal aimed at serving the global language... more LT World (www.lt-world.org) is an ontology-driven web portal aimed at serving the global language technology community. Ontology-driven means, that the system is driven by an ontological schema to manage the research information and knowledge life-cycles: identify relevant concepts of information, structure and formalize them, assign relationships, functions and views, add states and rules, modify them. For modelling such a complex structure, we employ (i) concepts from the research domain, such as person, organisation, project, tool, data, patent, news, event (ii) concepts from the LT domain, such as technology and resource (iii) concepts from closely related domains, such as language, linguistics, and mathematics. Whereas the research entities represent the general context, that is, a research environment as such, the LT entities define the information and knowledge space of the field, enhanced by entities from closely related areas. By managing information holistically-that is, within a research context-its inherent semantics becomes much more transparent. This paper introduces LT World as a reference information portal through ontological eyes: its content, its system, its method for maintaining knowledge-rich items, its ontology as an asset.
Abstract: Research Information as an asset is gaining ground with recent developments in national... more Abstract: Research Information as an asset is gaining ground with recent developments in national assessment and performance exercises, where evaluation methods often depend upon structured and integrated data and where data quality becomes an issue. Not only at national level but also at a European scale Research Information is being recognized as a player to grant access to scientific knowledge and as an enabler for large-scale data integration and data management. With this paper we present the power of the CERIF model to manage Research Information in a timely context by applying formal semantics in relationships.
Considering data obtained from a corpus of database QA dialogues, we address the nature of the di... more Considering data obtained from a corpus of database QA dialogues, we address the nature of the discourse structure needed to resolve the several kinds of contextual phenomena found in our corpus. We look at the thematic relations holding between questions and the preceding context and discuss to which extent thematic relatedness plays a role in discourse structure. 1
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