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WWW
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Bringing communities to the semantic web and the semantic web to communities
In this paper we consider the types of community networks that are most often codified within the Semantic Web. We propose the recognition of a new structure which fulfils the def...
K. Faith Lawrence, Monica M. C. Schraefel
HICSS
2005
IEEE
191views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Business Models for Online Communities: The Case of the Virtual Worlds Industry in China
The rapid growth of Internet usage has enabled many new online communities to develop. A particularly interesting phenomenon that has arisen through Internet communities is the vi...
Ian MacInnes, Lili Hu
BIS
2008
114views Business» more  BIS 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Transforming Exchange-based Job Boards into Lasting Career Communities
Abstract. In this paper, we use a qualitative approach to explore which design aspects an erecruiting platform requires so as to achieve active long-term participation of its users...
Elfi Ettinger, Celeste Wilderom, Rolf Van Dick
HICSS
2003
IEEE
155views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
14 years 20 days ago
Consumers cognition towards communities: Customer-centred community design using the means-end chain perspective
This paper presents research on the application of the means-end chain (MEC) framework for investigating customers cognitive structure regarding community applications. It is argu...
Peter Aschmoneit, Mark Heitmann
HICSS
2006
IEEE
86views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
How Voluntary Online Learning Communities Emerge in Blended Courses
A comparative case study used content analysis to observe the emergence of voluntary online learning communities in two blended courses. The study developed an interaction-based a...
Robert Heckman, Qing Li, Xue Xiao