Current access paradigms for the Web, ie, direct access via search engines or database
queries and navigational access via static taxonomies, have recently been criticized …

The amounts of available Semantic Web (SW) data (including Linked Open Data) constantly
increases. Users would like to browse and explore effectively such information spaces …

A novel method is demonstrated that allows semantic and well-structured knowledge bases
(such as DBpedia) to be easily queried directly from Wikipedia's pages. Using Swipe, naive …

Search engines and Question and Answer (Q&A) sites are the two commonly used ways for
developers to seek information on the web. In this paper, we ask whether the questions …

In several domains we have objects whose descriptions are accompanied by a degree
expressing their strength. Such degrees can have various application specific semantics …

DBpedia and other RFD-encoded Knowledge Bases (KB) s give users access to
encyclopedic knowledge via SPARQL queries. As the world evolves, the KBs are updated …

With the growing complexity of networks and communications protocols that become
increasingly enormous and extensive, we are confronted with the problem of covert channel …

In this paper we present a method to enrich the classical web searching with entity mining
that is performed at query time. The results of entity mining (entities grouped in categories) …

Abstract Most Web Search Engines (WSEs) are appropriate for focalized search, ie, they
make the assumption that users can accurately describe their information need using a …

Over the past years large digital cultural heritage collections have become increasingly
available. While these provide adequate search functionality for the expert user, this may not …