Identity: How to name it, How to find it

The main objective of this work is to exploit the relationship between the information findability problem and a subject-based organization of information. Identification of a subject is involved when one wants to say something about that subject or when he or she tries to comprehend what was said by others about it. An example of this type of duality can be seen in the information world where content creators and content consumers need to communicate. In this paper we discuss the concept of subject identity in learning content authoring, where we view a topic map as supporting the communication between a content author and learners. In this context we address both sides of the dual system and propose some solutions intended to assist both content creators and consumers in dealing with problems typical for elearning repositories. Concerning the learners who need to identify the subject they are looking information about, we suggest that a set of subjects related to it can be interpret...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: I3
• Authors: Christo Dichev, Darina Dicheva, Jan Fischer
• Keywords: Content Creators, I3 2007, Internet Technology, Subject Identity, Topic Maps