Arius in Cyberspace: Digital Companions and the Limits of the Person (2010)
This paper deals with aspects of agency in the context of digital companions. First, I defend the idea that a full description of human psychology or cognition must deal with more than the state of a...
Use of the Semantic Web in e-Research (2010)
O'Hara, Kieron, Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Shadbolt, Nigel
A review of the use of the Semantic Web to support e-Science and e-Social Science
Vote Blue, Get Green Conservatism (2009)
An exploration of an apparent political paradox: how David Cameron's green conservatism fits into the conservative tradition.
The Semantic Web is a proposed extension to the World Wide Web (WWW) that aims to provide a common framework for sharing and reusing data across applications. The most common interfaces to the World...
The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web (2009)
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations first suggested that an unfettered religious market leads to a multitude of small sects and away from monopolistic churches. ‘Strict’ or ‘extreme’ religious...
In Defence of Adam Smith (2009)
An invited reply to Philip Blond's article 'The Red Tory Moment'. Blond may regret the birth of the liberalism, but that does not mean he can ignore it
Electing the Conservative Leader 1997-2005 (2009)
Kieron O’Hara examines the changing nature of Tory leadership contest
Lifelogging: Privacy and Empowerment with Memories for Life (2009)
O'Hara, Kieron, Tuffield, Mischa, Shadbolt, Nigel
The growth of information acquisition, storage and retrieval capacity has led to the development of the practice of lifelogging, the undiscriminating collection of information concerning one’s life...
The Semantic Web is a vision of a web of linked data, allowing querying, integration and sharing of data from distributed sources in heterogeneous formats, using ontologies to provide an associated...
The revolutionary aspect of the World Wide Web is that it is a decentralised information structure. This democratic decentralisation is a key factor in the added value that the Web provides, because...
The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web (2009)
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations offers a striking observation about religious groups: An unfettered religious market leads to a multitude of small sects and away from monopolistic churches....
David Cameron, la Crescita di un Leader (David Cameron, the Progress of a Leader) (2009)
David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...
Wendy Hall and Kieron O'Hara describe the new frontier in personal computing and information management.
Semantic Modelling of User Interests based on Cross-Folksonomy Analysis (2008)
Szomszor, Martin, Alani, Harith, Cantador, Ivan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The continued increase in Web usage, in particular participation in folksonomies, reveals a trend towards a more dynamic and interactive Web where individuals can organise and share resources....
Trust on the Web: Some Web Science Research Challenges (2008)
Web Science is the interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web as a first-order object in order to understand its relationship with the wider societies in which it is embedded, and in order to...
Our understanding of the Web has not kept pace with its development. It is engineered using formally specified languages and protocols, but has large scale effects on society. Certain human...
Identity, Privacy and Technology in Singapore (2008)
The Singaporean government, while democratic, is highly authoritarian. This paper examines the relationship, in the context of ICT and e-government, between the government and the individual in...
Lifelogging: Issues of Identity and Privacy with Memories for Life (2008)
O'Hara, Kieron, Tuffield, Mischa, Shadbolt, Nigel
The growth of information acquisition, storage and retrieval capacity has led to the development of the practice of lifelogging, the undiscriminating collection of information concerning one’s life...
The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy As We Know It (2008)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
We are entering a new state of global hypersurveillance. As we increasingly resort to technology for our work and play, our electronic activity leaves behind digital footprints that can be used to...
Confiança en el web: alguns reptes en la recerca de la ciència del web (2008)
La ciència del web és l'estudi interdisciplinari del World Wide Web com a objecte de primer ordre per a entendre la seva relació amb les societats més grans en què és integrat, i per a...
Features for Killer Apps from a Semantic Web Perspective (2008)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
There are certain features that that distinguish killer apps from other ordinary applications. This chapter examines those features in the context of the semantic web, in the hope that a better...
Features for Killer Apps from a Semantic Web Perspective (2008)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
There are certain features that that distinguish killer apps from other ordinary applications. This chapter examines those features in the context of the semantic web, in the hope that a better...
Building a Pragmatic Semantic Web (2008)
Alani, Harith, Hall, Wendy, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Chandler, Peter, Szomszor, Martin
One of the great benefits that Semantic Web (SW) technology offers is facilitating large scale integration and sharing of distributed data sources. Transferring this technology from the lab...
Trust on the Web: Some Web Science Research Challenges (2008)
Web Science is the interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web as a first-order object in order to understand its relationship with the wider societies in which it is embedded, and in order to...
The Technology of Collective Memory and the Normativity of Truth (2008)
The last two decades have seen extraordinary growth in the development of small, democratised, fragmented efforts to establish collective memories for various groups and cultures, aided by new...
Confiança en el web: alguns reptes en la recerca de la ciència del web (2008)
La ciència del web és l�estudi interdisciplinari del World Wide Web com a objecte de primer ordre per a entendre�n la relació amb les societats més grans en què és integrat i per a...
Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader, David Cameron. As Cameron's leadership comes increasingly under the spotlight, he may be required to justify unpopular decisions...
After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)
Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.
After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)
Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.
After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)
Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.
Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.
Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...
The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)
Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron
This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...
The Prospects for David Cameron's Conservatives (2007)
David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...
The Prospects for David Cameron's Conservatives (2007)
David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...
Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology (2007)
Alani, Harith, Dupplaw, David, Sheridan, John, O'Hara, Kieron, Darlington, John, Shadbolt, Nigel, ...
Governments often hold very rich data and whilst much of this information is published and available for re-use by others, it is often trapped by poor data structures, locked up in legacy data...
Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology (2007)
Alani, Harith, Dupplaw, David, Sheridan, John, O'Hara, Kieron, Darlington, John, Shadbolt, Nigel, ...
Governments often hold very rich data and whilst much of this information is published and available for re-use by others, it is often trapped by poor data structures, locked up in legacy data...
Let the People Speak … But Make the Politicians Decide (2006)
There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...
Let the People Speak … But Make the Politicians Decide (2006)
There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...
A Framework for Web Science (2006)
Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel. R., Weitzner, Daniel J.
This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
There Must Be No Right Turn for David Cameron (2006)
The big political question about the Conservative Party, which will exercise us until the next election, is whether David Cameron can resist the pull to the right. In the face of recalcitrant polls,...
More Power to the People Has Its Perils (2006)
There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...
There Must Be No Right Turn for David Cameron (2006)
The big political question about the Conservative Party, which will exercise us until the next election, is whether David Cameron can resist the pull to the right. In the face of recalcitrant polls,...
More Power to the People Has Its Perils (2006)
There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)
Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron
There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
A Framework for Web Science (2006)
Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.
This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...
Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)
Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron
There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa M., Harris, Stephen, Duplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewester, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
A Framework for Web Science (2006)
Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.
This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...
Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)
Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron
There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)
Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...
Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...
A Framework for Web Science (2006)
Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.
This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...
Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...
Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...
Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...
Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...
Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...
Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...
I’ve been asked to speak briefly today about trust in public and political life, and the extent to which there has been a genuine decline in public trust over the last few years. To cut a long...
I’ve been asked to speak briefly today about trust in public and political life, and the extent to which there has been a genuine decline in public trust over the last few years. To cut a long...
Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...
Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...
Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...
Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel
Enabling trust on the Semantic Web to ensure more efficient agent interaction is an important research topic. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models, semantic...
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
O'Hara, Dr. Kieron, Brewster, Mr. Christopher
Ontologies—specifications of what exists, or what we can say about the world—have been around at least since Aristotle. At various times, philosophers have wondered whether the present King of...
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron, Fuller, Steve, Wilks, Yorick, Franconi, Enrico, Musen, Mark A., ...
Debate on ontologies edited by Christopher Brewster & Kieron O'Hara.
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron
Introduction to a 'Trends and Controversies' Debate on ontologies
Advanced Knowledge Technologies at the Midterm: Tools and Methods for the Semantic Web (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, Ciravegna, Fabio, Domingue, John, Hall, Wendy, Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, ...
The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh
Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron, Fuller, Steve, Wilks, Yorick, Franconi, Enrico, Musen, Mark A., ...
Debate on ontologies edited by Christopher Brewster & Kieron O'Hara.
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron
Introduction to a 'Trends and Controversies' Debate on ontologies
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron, Fuller, Steve, Wilks, Yorick, Franconi, Enrico, Musen, Mark A., ...
Debate on ontologies edited by Christopher Brewster & Kieron O'Hara.
Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)
Brewster, Christopher, O'Hara, Kieron
Introduction to a 'Trends and Controversies' Debate on ontologies
Advanced Knowledge Technologies at the Midterm: Tools and Methods for the Semantic Web (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, Ciravegna, Fabio, Domingue, John, Hall, Wendy, Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, ...
The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh
Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...
Advanced Knowledge Technologies at the Midterm: Tools and Methods for the Semantic Web (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, Ciravegna, Fabio, Domingue, John, Hall, Wendy, Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, ...
The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)
Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh
Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...
Socrates, Trust and the Internet (2004)
Socrates, one of the world’s greatest philosophers, never wrote anything, and confined all his philosophy to spoken debate. The important issues for Socrates were trust and control: he felt the...
Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...
Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...
Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...
Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)
O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel
In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...
ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...
ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...
ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)
Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...
O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel
Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...
Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...
The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...
Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...
Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...
The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...
Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...
Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)
Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...
The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...
Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...
Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...
Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...
Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...
Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...
Knowledge Mapping for Industrial Purposes (1999)
Speel, Piet-Hein, Shadbolt, Nigel, Vries, Wouter De, Dam, Piet Hein Van, O'Hara, Kieron
Knowledge Mapping for Industrial Purposes (1999)
Speel, Piet-Hein, Shadbolt, Nigel, Vries, Wouter De, Dam, Piet Hein Van, O'Hara, Kieron
Knowledge Mapping for Industrial Purposes (1999)
Speel, Piet-Hein, Shadbolt, Nigel, Vries, Wouter De, Dam, Piet Hein Van, O'Hara, Kieron
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (script) (1999)
Duncan, Pete, O'Hara, Kieron, Morton, Richard, Sandham, Andy, Caton, Hope
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (script) (1999)
Duncan, Pete, O'Hara, Kieron, Morton, Richard, Sandham, Andy, Caton, Hope
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (script) (1999)
Duncan, Pete, O'Hara, Kieron, Morton, Richard, Sandham, Andy, Caton, Hope
Carry On Cabby, Gender and the Local Industrial Power Nexus (1997)
This paper argues that the perceived homogeneity of the mass of 'Carry On' films is, to some extent at least, an illusion (fostered, no doubt deliberately, by the fact that they all have the same...
Carry On Cabby, Gender and the Local Industrial Power Nexus (1997)
This paper argues that the perceived homogeneity of the mass of 'Carry On' films is, to some extent at least, an illusion (fostered, no doubt deliberately, by the fact that they all have the same...
Solving VT in VITAL: A Study in Model Construction and Knowledge Reuse (1996)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
Solving VT in VITAL: A Study in Model Construction and Knowledge Reuse (1996)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
Solving VT in VITAL: A Study in Model Construction and Knowledge Reuse (1996)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)
O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel
In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...
Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)
O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel
In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...
Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)
O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel
In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...
A VITAL Solution to the Sisyphus II Elevator Design Problem (1994)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
A VITAL Solution to the Sisyphus II Elevator Design Problem (1994)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
Mind as Machine: Can Computational Processes Be Regarded As Explanatory of Mental Processes? (1994)
The aim of the thesis is to evaluate recent work in artificial intelligence (AI). It is argued that such evaluation can be philosophically interesting, and examples are given of areas of the...
A VITAL Solution to the Sisyphus II Elevator Design Problem (1994)
Motta, Enrico, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Stutt, Arthur, Zdrahal, Zdenek
Mind as machine : can computational processes be regarded as explanatory of mental processes? (1994)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 1994.
Sceptical Overkill: On Two Recent Arguments Against Scepticism (1993)
This paper is a discussion of a recent attempt by Crispin Wright to force at least some varieties of external world scepticism to succumb to a "head-on, rational response", contrary to well-known...
AI Models as a Variety of Psychological Explanation (1993)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The paper attempts to establish a basis upon which it could plausibly be said that knowledge level models typically used in the development of AT systems such as expert systems could have...
Sceptical Overkill: On Two Recent Arguments Against Scepticism (1993)
This paper is a discussion of a recent attempt by Crispin Wright to force at least some varieties of external world scepticism to succumb to a "head-on, rational response", contrary to well-known...
AI Models as a Variety of Psychological Explanation (1993)
O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel
The paper attempts to establish a basis upon which it could plausibly be said that knowledge level models typically used in the development of AT systems such as expert systems could have...
VITAL Knowledge Representation Language Specification (1991)
Enrico Motta, Arthur Stutt, Kieron O'Hara, Juha Kuusela, Hannu Toivonen, Han Reichgelt, ...
: In this document the knowledge representation component of the VITAL workbench is specified. Authors: Enrico Motta, Arthur Stutt, Kieron O'Hara, Juha Kuusela, Hannu Toivonen, Han Reichgelt,...
Memories for life: a review of the science and technology
O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J, Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil
This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...