XOperator - An extensible semantic agent for instant messaging networks

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Authors

  • Sebastian Dietzold
  • Jörg Unbehauen
  • Sören Auer

Instant Messaging is in addition to Web and Email the most popular service on the Internet. With xOperator we demonstrate the implementation of a strategy which deeply integrates Instant Messaging networks with the Semantic Web. The xOperator concept is based on the idea of creating an overlay network of collaborative information agents on top of social IM networks. It can be queried using a controlled and easily extensible language based on AIML templates. Such a deep integration of semantic technologies and Instant Messaging bears a number of advantages and benefits for users when compared to the separated use of Semantic Web technologies and IM, the most important ones being context awareness as well as provenance and trust. Our demonstration showcases how the xOperator approach naturally facilitates enterprise and personal information management as well as access to large scale heterogeneous information sources.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Semantic Web : Research and Applications - 5th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2008, Proceedings
EditorsSean Bechhofer, Manfred Hauswirth, Jörg Hoffmann, Manolis Koubarakis
Number of pages5
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2008
Pages787-791
ISBN (Print)3540682333, 978-3-540-68233-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-540-68234-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event5th European Semantic Web Conference - ESWC 2008 - Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Duration: 01.06.200805.06.2008
Conference number: 5
https://www.eswc2008.org/

    Research areas

  • Engineering - Instant Messaging, Context Awareness, Sparql Query, Communication scenario, Semantic Technology