The advantages of an Ontology-Based Data Management approach: openness, interoperability and data quality
ScientometricsPublished 19 March 2016Open access
Cinzia Daraio, Maurizio Lenzerini, Claudio Leporelli, Paolo Naggar, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Alessandro Bartolucci
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The paper examines the properties of interopeability, scalability and openness of an ontology-based data infrastructure aimed at allowing the interactive construction of S&T indicators, for policy making and governance of the science and technology systems.
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