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The Knowledge Web Network of Excellence

Using the Knowledge Web portal


The Knowledge Web Network of Excellence

What is a Network of Excellence?

A Network of Excellence (NoE) is an instrument for strengthening excellence by tackling the fragmentation of European research, where the main deliverable is a durable structuring and shaping of the way that research is carried out on the topic of the network.

NoE's are designed to strengthen scientific and technological excellence on a particular research topic. They aim to overcome the fragmentation of European research by:

  • Networking together the critical mass of resources
  • Networking the expertise needed to provide European leadership
(Information obtained from http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instr_noe.htm)

What is the Sixth Framework Programme?

It is the European Community Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration 2002-2006. It supports research cooperation and integration of research efforts, promotes mobility and co-ordination and invests in mobilising research in support of other EU policies. It is the main instrument of the European Communities for the realisation of the European Research Area. (http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/instr_noe.htm)

What is the Semantic Web?

The Semantic Web is the next generation of the Internet. It is currently in its infancy, but it aims extend the Internet so that the information is structured in a way that meaning is easily interpreted by computers.

What is an Ontology?

An ontology provides a shared understanding of a domain of interest to support communication among human and computer agents, typically being represented in a machine-processable representation language.
(Ontology Technology fact sheet, written by York Sure)


Using the Knowledge Web portal

How can I insert information in the portal?

To enter any information you must log into the portal with your organization user.

Then, select one ontology to edit/enter an instance (tabs in the top of the interface):

  • Person Ontology: information about people related to KWeb
  • Organization: information about organization related to KWeb
  • Documentation: information about publication, deliverables, slides, agendas...
  • Event: information about meetings, conference, workshops...
  • Project: information about KWeb network: workpackages, tasks, workloads...

After this, select one concept from the hierarchy tree (in the left of the interface) that match better with you information that you want to edit/enter. In the right, a list of instances of the selected concept are shown (direct instances and all instances of children concepts). Find your instance to edit and click on "edit" , or click on "new instance" in one concept to insert a new instance in that concept.

Finally, in the instance editing form you can enter/modify/remove any value from the instance. You can insert/edit: string values, date values (you can insert the date using a calendar) and upload a files. If you click in "continue to relations", you can also insert relations to other instances in the portal. The botton "continue to relations", "back to attributes" and "send" submit the values to the server, don't forget to click in one of these buttons.

Also, you can move an instance from one concept to another if you like (on the top of instance editing interface).

How can I upload a deliverable in the portal?

To insert a deliverable in the portal:

  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Select the "Documentation" ontology (on the top of the page).
  3. Browse the "Documentation" ontology (on the left of the page) and click on Documentation->Technical documentation->Deliverable.
  4. Search for the delivarable name of the document.
  5. Click on "Edit" button-
  6. Click on "Upload file" in thw row of the "Online PDF version" attribute and then, upload the document.

How can I insert information about a meeting in the portal?

In order to insert information about a certain meeting in the Knowledge Web portal, these are the steps to follow: To insert a new meeting:
  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Select the "Event" ontology (on the top of the page).
  3. Browse the "Event" ontology (on the left of the page) and click on the best classification of the meeting.
  4. Click on the "New instance" button that appears next to the class name.
  5. Insert an explanatory name and a description for the meeting. Click on the "Send" button.
  6. Insert the information of the meeting in the corresponding attributes. Click on the "Continue to relations" button.
  7. Relate the meeting with the appropiate agenda, slides, or minutes. Click on the "Send" button.
To insert a meeting's agenda:
  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Select the "Documentation" ontology (on the top of the page).
  3. Browse the "Documentation" ontology (on the left of the page) and click on Documentation->Management documentation->Agenda.
  4. Click on the "New instance" button that appears next to the class name.
  5. Insert an explanatory name and a description for the agenda. Click on the "Send" button.
  6. Insert the information of the agenda in the corresponding attributes. Click on the "Continue to relations" button.
  7. Relate the agenda with the appropiate meeting. Click on the "Send" button.
To insert a meeting's slides:
  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Select the "Documentation" ontology (on the top of the page).
  3. Browse the "Documentation" ontology (on the left of the page) and click on Documentation->Technical documentation->Slides.
  4. Click on the "New instance" button that appears next to the class name.
  5. Insert an explanatory name and a description for the slides. Click on the "Send" button.
  6. Insert the information of the slides in the corresponding attributes. Click on the "Continue to relations" button.
  7. Relate the slides with the appropiate meeting. Click on the "Send" button.
To insert a meeting's minutes:
  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Select the "Documentation" ontology (on the top of the page).
  3. Browse the "Documentation" ontology (on the left of the page) and click on the best classification of the minutes under Documentation->Management documentation->Minutes.
  4. Click on the "New instance" button that appears next to the class name.
  5. Insert an explanatory name and a description for the minutes. Click on the "Send" button.
  6. Insert the information of the minutes in the corresponding attributes. Click on the "Continue to relations" button.
  7. Relate the minutes with the appropiate meeting. Click on the "Send" button.

How can I insert information about an exchange in the portal?

In order to insert information about an exchange in the Knowledge Web portal, these are the steps to follow: To insert a exchange:
  1. Login into the portal with your organisation's user.
  2. Click on the "Exchanges" link in the menu at the left of the page.
  3. Click on the button "New Internal Exchange" or "New External Exchange" depending on if the exchange is between Knowledge Web partners or from Knowledge Web partners to other institutions repsectively.
  4. Insert the information of the exchange in the corresponding attributes. Click on the "Submit query" button.