Socio-Semantic Web for Sharing Knowledge

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Author(s): Cristian Peraboni (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)and Laura A. Ripamonti (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Goran D. Putnik (University of Minho, Portugal)and Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch196

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality

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Abstract

The study of knowledge fascinated humanity since remote times (Wiig, 2000): the first “western” traces of this study dates back to the works of important Greek philosophers (e.g., Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle). On the same vein, Indian and eastern philosophers (e.g., Lao Tzu and Confucius) focused their attention on knowledge as an essential learning process to obtain a fulfilling spiritual and concrete life. From a more practical point of view, we could also observe that humanity has always (un)consciously, but effectively, used knowledge as a mean of survival.

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