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    Informations- und Wissensmanagement
    ( 2007)
    Brocks, H.
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    Hofmann, T.
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    Kamps, T.
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    The extended process model - transforming process specifications into ontological representations
    ( 2006)
    Brocks, H.
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    Meyer, H.
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    Kamps, T.
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    Begger, C.
    Knowledge-intensive processes arc often open ended and can be only weakly specified in traditional business process models. The extended process model provides a comprehensive integration of process and knowledge specific aspects within a single, ontological representation. In this article we describe the transformation of standardized business process definitions into a unified conceptual process model. We then apply our methodology to the scenario of IT services.
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    A multiagent environment for the flexible enactment of knowledge-intensive processes
    ( 2006)
    Bayer, K.
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    Kempf, S.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Kamps, T.
    Knowledge-intensive processes are characterized by vague specifications and a dynamic course of action. They require a flexible, knowledge-based enactment environment supporting the dynamic allocation of resources, changes in assignments, organizational structure, policies, and requirement and priorities, but also conflicts between resources participating in different processes. In this article, we present a multiagent enactment environment that incorporates the flexible allocation of resources but is also capable of handling various types of runtime exceptions. The benefits of adopting a knowledge-based approach are demonstrated based on a prototype implementation of an IT-Helpdesk scenario.
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    Queries in context: Access to digitized historic documents in a collaboratory for the humanities
    ( 2005)
    Thiel, U.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Dirsch-Weigand, A.
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    Everts, A.
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    Frommholz, I.
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    Stein, A.
    In contrast to standard digital libraries, systems addressing the specific requirements of cultural heritage need to deal with digitized material like scanned documents instead of home digital items. Such systems aim at providing the means for domain experts, e.g. historians, to collaboratively work with the given material. To support their work, automatic indexing mechanisms for both textual and pictorial digitized documents need to be combined with retrieval methods exploiting the content as well as the context of information items for precise searches. In the COLLATE project we devised several access methods using textual contents, feature extraction from images, metadata, and annotations provided by the users.
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    Agent-based assistance in a digital library user interface
    ( 2005)
    Thiel, U.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Stein, A.
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    Collaborative research and documentation of European film history
    ( 2004)
    Stein, A.
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    Keiper, J.
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    Bezerra, L.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Thiel, U.
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    COLLATE - A collaboratory supporting research on historic European films
    ( 2004)
    Thiel, U.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Frommholz, I.
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    Dirsch-Weigand, A.
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    Keiper, J.
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    Stein, A.
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    Neuhold, E.J.
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    Process ontologies for IT services
    ( 2004)
    Brocks, H.
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    Begger, C.
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    Kamps, T.
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    Document-centered collaboration for scholars in the humanities - the COLLATE system
    ( 2003)
    Frommholz, I.
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    Brocks, H.
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    Thiel, U.
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    Neuhold, E.
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    Iannone, L.
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    Semeraro, G.
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    Berardi, M.
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    Ceci, M.
    In contrast to electronic document collections we find in contemporary digital libraries, systems applied in the cultural domain have to satisfy specific requirements with respect to data ingest, management, and access. Such systems should also be able to support the collaborative work of domain experts and furthermore offer mechanisms to exploit the value-added information resulting from a collaborative process like scientific discussions. In this paper, we present the solutions to these requirements developed and realized in the COLLATE system, where advanced methods for document classification, content management, and a new kind of context-based retrieval using scientific discourses are applied.
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    How to incorporate collaborative discourse in cultural digital libraries
    ( 2002)
    Brocks, H.
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    Stein, A.
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    Frommholz, I.
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    Thiel, U.
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    Dirsch-Weigand, A.