In this paper we present Semanta – a fully-implemented system supporting Semantic Email Processes, integrated into the existing technical landscape and using existing email transport technology. By applying Speech Act Theory, knowledge about these processes can be made explicit, enabling machines to support email users with correctly interpreting, handling and keeping track of email messages, visualizing email threads and workflows, and extracting tasks and appointments from email messages. Whereas complex theoretical models and semantics are hidden beneath a simplistic user interface, the enabled functionalities are clear for the users to see and take advantage of. The system’s evaluation proved that our experiment with Semanta has indeed been successful and that semantic technology can be applied as an extra layer to existing technology, thus bringing its benefits into everyday computer usage.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 semantic2009
%A Scerri, Simon
%A Davis, Brian
%A Handschuh, Siegfried
%A Hauswirth, Manfred
%B 6th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2009)
%D 2009
%K Annotation Application Collaborative_Software Data Email_Workflows Interoperability Semantic_Email Semantic_Web Semantic_Web_Applications Social_Semantic_Desktop Speech_Act_Theory Usability User_Interface
%P 36-50
%T Semanta – Semantic Email Technology for the Masses
%U http://data.semanticweb.org/conference/eswc/2009/paper/201
%X In this paper we present Semanta – a fully-implemented system supporting Semantic Email Processes, integrated into the existing technical landscape and using existing email transport technology. By applying Speech Act Theory, knowledge about these processes can be made explicit, enabling machines to support email users with correctly interpreting, handling and keeping track of email messages, visualizing email threads and workflows, and extracting tasks and appointments from email messages. Whereas complex theoretical models and semantics are hidden beneath a simplistic user interface, the enabled functionalities are clear for the users to see and take advantage of. The system’s evaluation proved that our experiment with Semanta has indeed been successful and that semantic technology can be applied as an extra layer to existing technology, thus bringing its benefits into everyday computer usage.
@inproceedings{semantic2009,
abstract = {In this paper we present Semanta – a fully-implemented system supporting Semantic Email Processes, integrated into the existing technical landscape and using existing email transport technology. By applying Speech Act Theory, knowledge about these processes can be made explicit, enabling machines to support email users with correctly interpreting, handling and keeping track of email messages, visualizing email threads and workflows, and extracting tasks and appointments from email messages. Whereas complex theoretical models and semantics are hidden beneath a simplistic user interface, the enabled functionalities are clear for the users to see and take advantage of. The system’s evaluation proved that our experiment with Semanta has indeed been successful and that semantic technology can be applied as an extra layer to existing technology, thus bringing its benefits into everyday computer usage.},
added-at = {2009-05-29T11:44:15.000+0200},
author = {Scerri, Simon and Davis, Brian and Handschuh, Siegfried and Hauswirth, Manfred},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22aefdd96bc07124804edd95f670feecd/eswc2009},
booktitle = {6th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2009)},
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keywords = {Annotation Application Collaborative_Software Data Email_Workflows Interoperability Semantic_Email Semantic_Web Semantic_Web_Applications Social_Semantic_Desktop Speech_Act_Theory Usability User_Interface},
month = {June},
pages = {36-50},
timestamp = {2009-05-29T11:44:16.000+0200},
title = {Semanta – Semantic Email Technology for the Masses},
url = {http://data.semanticweb.org/conference/eswc/2009/paper/201},
year = 2009
}