The design of interactive systems concerned with the impact of the technology on the human
agent as well as the effect of the human experience on the technology is not a trivial task …

Purpose This study aims to focus on the interpretation component of Peirce's triadic model of
sign to identify: the components affecting the interpretation of an object and the components …

Purpose This study aims to identify the effective components in object interpretation based
on Pierce's triadic sign model to determine how meaning is created and identify the …

Ontologies are central artifacts in modern information systems. Ontology networks consider
the coexistence of different ontology models in the same conceptual space. It is relevant that …

Social network services (SNSs) have brought new possibilities and challenges to the design
of software environments that respect people's cultural differences. These systems may …

Nowadays search mechanisms are decisive to people successfully access relevant and
valuable information. In the current Web environment, people connected to each other …

Social Network Services (SNS) represent an opportunity to access information and
knowledge through the Web. These systems allow individuals to constitute communities of …

Inclusive Social Network Services (ISN) represent an opportunity for ordinary people to
access information and knowledge through the Web. Such systems should provide access …

In the context of the Semantic Web (SW) research, recent proposals have explored new
approaches for a more precise representation of the meanings. These proposals attempt to …

The evolution of the Semantic Web (SW) depends on novel methodologies to represent the
meanings of the huge amount of information available nowadays. Recent proposals in …