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Collaborative development of a semantic wiki on forest management decision support
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research: Special Issue: Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Forest Management (2014)
  • A. F. Marques, INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal
  • C. Rosset, Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Zollikofen, Switzerland
  • J. Rasinmaki, Simosol Oy, Riihimäki, Finland
  • H. Vacik, Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • Sean N. Gordon, Portland State University
  • S. Nobre, University of S. Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
  • A. Falcao, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • D. Weber, Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Zollikofen, Switzerland
  • M. Granitzer, Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umea, Sweden
  • L. O. Ericksson, Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umea, Sweden
Abstract
Semantic wikis support collaboratively editing, categorising, interlinking and retrieving web pages for a group of experts working in a certain domain. The use of semantic technologies allows the expression of wiki content in a more structured way, which increases its potential use. This contribution presents an overview of the development process towards a semantic wiki related to a repository of forest decision support systems, including models, methods and data used, as well as case studies and lessons learned. An international group of experts took part in the conceptualisation of the semantic wiki (i.e. identification of wiki properties and forms), provided content and developed queries to analyse the information gathered. The resulting ForestDSS wiki gives an overview of the current use, development and application of forest decision support systems worldwide. Based on the experiences gathered during the process, some challenges are reported and conclusions on further developments are made.
Keywords
  • Forest management
Publication Date
2014
DOI
10.1080/02827581.2013.832791
Publisher Statement
Copyright (2014) Taylor & Francis
Citation Information
A. F. Marques, C. Rosset, J. Rasinmaki, H. Vacik, et al.. "Collaborative development of a semantic wiki on forest management decision support" Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research: Special Issue: Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Forest Management Vol. 29 Iss. 1 (2014) p. 30 - 43
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