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    • An adaptable framework for integrating and querying sensor data 

      Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος; Ferdous, S.; Fegaras, L.; Makedon, Filia; Kapidakis, Sarantos (2011)
      Sensor data generated by pervasive applications are very diverse and are rarely described in standard or established formats. Consequently, one of the greatest challenges in pervasive systems is to integrate heterogeneous ...
    • From the physical reality to the virtual reality in the library environment. 

      Δενδρινός, Μάρκος; Dendrinos, Markos (2005)
      Libraries give access to the intellectual contents of a work regardless of its physical form. Digital library initiatives give access to information that has no real physical form. This article explores considerations of ...
    • Libraries’ Metadata as Data in the Era of the Semantic Web: modeling a Repository of Master Theses and PhD Dissertations for the Web of Data 

      Πεπονάκης, Μανώλης; Peponakis, Manolis (2013)
      This study argues that metadata of library catalogs can stand autonomously, providing valuable information detached from the resources they point to and, therefore, could be used as data in the context of the Semantic Web. ...
    • Metadata for digital collections of e-government resources. 

      Ταμπούρης, Ευθύμιος; Μανουσέλης, Νίκος; Κωστοπούλου, Κωνσταντίνα; Manouselis, Nikos; Costopoulou, Constantina; Tambouris, Efthimios (2007)
      The purpose of this paper is to introduce a process for developing a metadata element set that will describe e-government resources in digital collections. The outcome of the process is a metadata schema that reuses as ...
    • Metadata management, interoperability and Linked Data publishing support for Natural History Museums 

      Σκευάκης, Γιάννης; Μακρής, Κωνσταντίνος; Καλοκύρη, Βαρβάρα; Χριστοδουλάκης, Σταύρος; Αράπη, Πολυξένη; Skevakis, Giannis; Makris, Konstantinos; Kalokyri, Varvara; Christodoulakis, Stavros; Arapi, Polyxeni (2014)
      Natural history museums (NHMs) form a rich source of knowledge about Earth's biodiversity and natural history. However, an impressive abundance of high-quality scientific content available in NHMs around Europe remains ...
    • A multi-layer metadata schema for digital folklore collections. 

      Νικολαϊδου, Μάρα; Λουρδή, Ειρήνη; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Nikolaidou, Mara; Lourdi, Eirini; Papatheodorou, Christos (2007)
      Digital folklore collections are valuable sources for studying the cultural and oral tradition of a country. The main difficulty in managing such collections is material heterogeneity (handwritten texts, photographs, 3D ...
    • The New Trends for Librarians in Management of Geographic Information 

      Βαρδακώστα, Ιφιγένεια; Καπιδάκης, Σαράντος; Vardakosta, Ifigenia; Kapidakis, Sarantos (2013)
      The purpose of this study is to examine the tools (e.g. CSDGM – FGDC, Gazetteers) used for the subject description and organization, of materials (maps, aerial photos, geospatial data, remote sense images etc) related to ...
    • A prototype metadata-driven decision support tool for scholarly literature reviews 

      Γαρουφάλλου, Εμμανουήλ; Ρουσίδης, Δημήτρης; Μπαλατσούκας, Παναγιώτης; Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Rousidis, Dimitris; Balatsoukas, Panos (2012)
      The aim of this paper is to present the main components of a novel metadata-driven decision support tool for scholarly literature reviews, called PANDORA. The purpose of the tool is to make use of data mining, as a means ...
    • Semantic Web enabled digital repositories 

      Κουτσομητρόπουλος, Δημήτριος Α.; Σολωμού, Γεωργία Σ.; Αλεξόπουλος, Ανδρέας Δ.; Παπαθεοδώρου, Θεόδωρος; Koutsomitropoulos, Dimitrios A.; Solomou, Georgia S.; Alexopoulos, Andreas D.; Papatheodorou, Theodore (2009)
      Digital repositories and digital libraries are today among the most common tools for managing and disseminating digital object collections of cultural, educational, and other kinds of content over the Web. However, it is ...
    • Semantic Web: a State of the Art Survey 

      Κανελλόπουλος, Δημήτριος; Κοτσιάντης, Σωτήρης; Kanellopoulos, Dimitris; Kotsiantis, Sotiris (2007)
      The semantic web i.t an extension of the current web in which infonnation is given well-defined meaning. It is a concept that enables better machine processing of information on the web, by structuring documents written ...
    • Semantic, Constraint and Preference Based Authoring of Multi-topic Multimedia Presentations 

      Τσιναράκη, Χριστίνα; Συντζανάκη, Αθηνά; Χριστοδουλάκης, Σταύρος; Πολύδωρος, Παναγιώτης; Tsinaraki, Chrisa; Polydoros, Panagiotis; Syntzanaki, Athina; Christodoulakis, Stavros; Perego, Andrea; Martin, Alessandro (2006)
      We present in this paper an integrated system that allows the management and annotation of multimedia objects stored in MPEG-7/21 repositories, and the specification and semi-automatic generation of multimedia presentations ...
    • The Use of Metadata for Educational Resources in Digital Repositories: practices and Perspectives 

      Κουτσομητρόπουλος, Δημήτριος Α.; Αλεξόπουλος, Ανδρέας Δ.; Σολωμού, Γεωργία Δ.; Παπαθεοδώρου, Θεόδωρος; Koutsomitropoulos, Dimitrios A.; Alexopoulos, Andreas D.; Solomou, Georgia D.; Papatheodorou, Theodore (2010)
      The wide availability of educational resources is a common objective for universities, libraries, archives and other knowledge-intensive institutions. Although generic metadata specifications (such as Dublin Core) seem to ...