Information Storage and Retrieval
Melika Khorramshokouh; Esmat Momeni; Seyed Mahdi Taheri
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The current research was conducted with the aim of explaining the information-seeking behavior of Allameh Tabataba'i University faculty members based on Belkin Episode Model for use in selective dissemination of information services. In terms of its nature and purpose, it was of an applied type and was ...
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The current research was conducted with the aim of explaining the information-seeking behavior of Allameh Tabataba'i University faculty members based on Belkin Episode Model for use in selective dissemination of information services. In terms of its nature and purpose, it was of an applied type and was done with a survey-analytical method. The studied population consisted of 562 faculty members of Allameh Tabataba'i University, and the research sample consisted of 226 people who were selected by stratified random method. The tool used for data collection was a semi-structured questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by three subject experts, and the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated to be 0.90 by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The findings of the research showed that the information-seeking behavior of faculty members is at an "average level" and is far from the desired level. As a result, it seems that the design of the databases, the suggested keywords and key phrases of databases, and the capabilities and facilities of the database search system for users for the purpose of conceptual searches should be designed more user-oriented to solve the information needs and improve the information-seeking behavior of faculty members. to help In addition, the faculty members' use of subject thesauruses in order to use specialized terms in order to retrieve information sources that match their information needs can also be a way forward.
Negin Shokrzadeh; Zoya Abam; Seyed Mahdi Taheri
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Objective: Today, meta-models are used to organize and manage metadata, therefore, the aim of this review was to examine the research related to the design techniques of meta-models.Methodology: This study was conducted based on a systematic review method. In this review, the Preferred Reporting Items ...
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Objective: Today, meta-models are used to organize and manage metadata, therefore, the aim of this review was to examine the research related to the design techniques of meta-models.Methodology: This study was conducted based on a systematic review method. In this review, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework was employed to ensure a focused review and to present coherent findings. Relevant research was identified through databases and citation sources such as Web of Science, Scopus, Emerald, Taylor & Francis, and Science Direct, and by applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 22 scholarly outputs were selected for the systematic review.Findings: The findings of the review indicated that metamodel refers to metadata about metadata, providing a higher-level framework that describes the structure, relationships, and contextual purpose of metadata elements in various systems. It essentially aids in the standardization, organization, and interpretation of metadata from multiple sources, facilitating and expediting the integrity, interoperability, and usability of data. Metamodel elements within systems serve as key components for information management and organization. These elements include characteristics related to the quality of metadata, like accuracy, completeness, and currency of the metadata. Meta-models aim to enhance the capabilities of data management and retrieval in complex and heterogeneous systems, incorporating flexible and practical features into their structures.Conclusion: Meta-metadata models,, play a crucial role in optimizing information management and retrieval processes, especially in complex and diverse environments. Implementing these approaches can lead to the development of effective and efficient systems across various fields.
Knowledge Management Systems and Technologies
Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Negin Shokrzadeh
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Scientific outputs that report on the findings of scientific research play a crucial role in enhancing knowledge, advancing science, and promoting research within academic communities. Therefore, The aim of this research project was to analyze the scientific outputs of Allameh Tabataba’i University ...
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Scientific outputs that report on the findings of scientific research play a crucial role in enhancing knowledge, advancing science, and promoting research within academic communities. Therefore, The aim of this research project was to analyze the scientific outputs of Allameh Tabataba’i University and to represent it in the form of scientific maps, which was conducted using scientometrics research methods. The statistical population of this research consisted of all research reports from Allameh Tabatabai University, totaling 69,420 scientific outputs. In this study, analytical tools from citation databases, reports from the university's research systems, and bibliometric tools were utilized to collect the necessary data. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, social network analysis, and co-occurrence of keywords. UCINET and VOSviewer softwares were employed for analyzing centrality indicators and visualizing the networks. The findings revealed that out of 3,227 articles examined, 1,091 articles (18.6%) were published in the field of social sciences, 666 articles (11.4%) in the field of medicine, and 493 articles (8.4%) in the field of computer science. In terms of book publications, the Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages led with 1,170 books published. A review of over 28,000 domestic articles from the university showed that the keywords Iran, effectiveness, students, and quality evaluation were most commonly employed. Overall, it can be stated that mapping scientific outputs plays a significant role in enhancing the credibility and transparency of research results, advancing research development, and increasing the visibility of scientific outputs.
Semantic Web and Ontology
Seyyed Mahdi Taheri; Elham Hooshmand; Esmat Momeni; Negin Shokrzadeh Hashtroudi; Mehdi Alipour Hafezi
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IntroductionOrganizational ontologies are a type of ontology that focuses on identifying and documenting organizational entities. These tools provide a common conceptualization of organizational entities and are utilized for representing organizational knowledge, describing organizational structures, ...
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IntroductionOrganizational ontologies are a type of ontology that focuses on identifying and documenting organizational entities. These tools provide a common conceptualization of organizational entities and are utilized for representing organizational knowledge, describing organizational structures, identifying entities, and revealing the features and relationships of entities. They also, support the dissemination of organizational data, generated reports, organizational history, human resources, and the roles of each of these through a linked data approach. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to design the business ontology of Ehya Sepahan Company based on semantic web data models.Research Question(s)In the present research, the following questions have been addressed:- What are the internal and external entities of the Ehya Sepahan Company and their attributes?- To what extent do the entities and attributes of the Ehya Sepahan Company align with the Schema.org data model?- How is the organizational ontology of the Ehya Sepahan Company structured based on the organizational ontology of the World Wide Web Consortium?Literature ReviewResearch related to ontology design can be divided into two main categories:2.1. Studies that examine the application of ontologiesThe first category includes studies that examine the application of ontologies or the design of ontologies in specific contexts. Research by Sharif (2008), Bavakhani (2015), Hassanzadeh, Kahani, and Pourmasoumi (2016), Mardpour and Dehghan-Tafti (2017), Akbari and Rajabi-Bahjat (2018), Fuchs-Kittowski and Faust (2008), Cavaliere et al. (2019), and Outa et al. (2020) fall into this category. In this context, Bavakhani (2015) explored the interrelationship between ontologies and knowledge management. Cavalier et al. (2019) designed an ontology design model for analyzing video content captured by drones in their study. The findings of the studies in this group indicate that in contemporary organizations, there is a necessity to utilize ontologies in processes related to existing knowledge. 2.2. Studies that specifically address the design of organizational ontologiesThe second category includes studies that specifically address the design of organizational ontologies for various organizations. Research by Delavari (2018), Rajabi and Alineghizadeh Ardestani (2019), Gualtieri and Rafolu (2005), Santos et al. (2013), and Elnagar et al. (2022) are included in this group. Rajabi and Alineghizadeh Ardestani (2019) presented a data-driven approach to develop an architectural model using organizational ontology. Elnagar et al. (2022) offered a framework for the automatic production of ontologies from an organizational perspective in their research.MethodologyThis study was developmental-applied research in nature and qualitative research in terms of approach, conducted using qualitative content analysis and design methods. The statistical population includes all entities of the Ehya Sepahan Company (data entities, human resources, organizational positions), as well as the classes and attributes present in the organizational ontology.The research was conducted in several sections; initially, by examining the organizational ontology, the classes and attributes needed for modeling the entities and attributes present in the Ehya Sepahan Company were identified. Subsequently, through reviewing organizational documents, the organizational structure, job descriptions, and various departments of the company, the organizational entities and the characteristics of each were identified. With the identification of the entities and main concepts of the company, the necessary classes and attributes were determined. Since the aim of this study was to design a company ontology based on a semantic web data model, alongside the main classes and attributes of its organizational ontology, standard metadata classes and attributes from the Schema.org data model were used. In this research, Observation and documentary methods and a checklist are utilized for gathering the required data.ResultsThe findings of this research revealed that the entities of Ehya Sepahan Company are divided into internal and external entities. In total, 9 main entities and 3 external entities were identified for the company’s ontology. Various attributes were provided for each of these 12 entities. A total of 152 attributes were identified for the 12 entities of the company, and these attributes were assigned to different entities. For the internal entities, 147 attributes were used, while for the external entities, 21 attributes were utilized.The findings revealed that most of the attributes considered for company entities are presented in the schema.org standard. So, all the mentioned attributes for Organization, Person, Website, and Product entities in schema.org are consistent with the attributes needed to describe the company entities. the investigation of organizational ontology showed that this ontology has 9 entities and all these entities were used to design the ontology of Ehya Sepahan company. Likewise, the results showed that there is a good alignment between the attributes of the organizational ontology and the schema.org metadata standard. DiscussionBased on the finding it could be said that the entities of the company each possess unique characteristics. Accordingly, specific attributes were considered in the organizational ontology based on the features of each of these entities to provide an accurate and appropriate description of the company and its entities. For a large number of attributes considered for the company’s entities, suitable attributes are provided in schema.org. All the attributes mentioned for organizational entities, such as person, website, and product, align with the necessary attributes needed to describe the company’s entities in schema.org. The reason for this suitable alignment between entities and the attributes of the organizational ontology and schema.org is the comprehensive perspective of schema.org as a semantic web data model for describing various types of data entities.ConclusionIn general, it can be stated that organizational ontologies are one of the efficient tools for accurate description and knowledge discovery of data entities of organizations that can be used to facilitate and speed up processes and decisions in the organization.
Akram Fathian Dastgerdi; Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Azam Sanatjoo; Mohsen Kahani
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The purpose of this study is to provide a model for implementing the linked data method in library systems (such as digital libraries and library catalogues), as well as to provide the components needed to perform this process. In this stage, in order to provide a practical example of converting metadata ...
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The purpose of this study is to provide a model for implementing the linked data method in library systems (such as digital libraries and library catalogues), as well as to provide the components needed to perform this process. In this stage, in order to provide a practical example of converting metadata records based on linked data method, 40 metadata records from the total records of Shahnameh bibliographic family were purposefully selected from the Iran’s national library catalogue, and converted based on linked data method and finally it’s RDF graph was designed. In this study, after analyzing the structure of RDF language and connecting data in the linked data method, the steps of implementing this method in selected metadata records were explained. These steps include assigning URI; representing RDF model of bibliographic entities and relationships; converting examples of metadata records based on linked data method; providing RDF/XML code resulting from the conversion of one of the metadata records based on the linked data method; and finally creating an RDF graph. The links established in the RDF/XML syntax are richer, more accurate, more comprehensive, and more structured than current formats, and the use of linked data method allows for the coverage of a variety of bibliographic relationships between related works. Therefore, it seems that the application of linked data method can have significant effects on the process of describing and displaying relationships and links between bibliographic metadata in library systems.
Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Sara Zolghadr; Nadjla Hariri
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Research Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the function of Web search engines in indexing and finding of the metadata records based on the Microdata method comparatively, using an empirical method.
Research Methodology: The research community included 100 metadata records(related ...
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Research Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the function of Web search engines in indexing and finding of the metadata records based on the Microdata method comparatively, using an empirical method.
Research Methodology: The research community included 100 metadata records(related to e-books) based on the hypertext markup language (HTML) in the form of a test group with 50 records in Persian and 50 records in English, based on the Microdata method, and one control group with one hundred Persian and English records of the same structure. These records were selected from the metadata records of Allameh Tabataba’i University digital library, using the random sampling method. The examined metadata records were published on an independent website http://www.szolghadr.ir, and were introduced to Google, Bing, and Yahoo! search engines with the best recommended methods. Then using the checklist strategy, the performance of the search engines in indexing and finding the metadata records of both groups was investigated.
Findings: The findings show that Google indexed the records of both control and test groups, and displayed the metadata records of the test group significantly in the search results. However, Bing and Yahoo! search engines only indexed the records of both groups and were not able to make them significantly visible in their search results.
Conclusion: Therefore, despite announcing reliable search engines as structured data designers (schema.org), based on indexing and displaying based on microdata methodology, only Google’s search engine supported the significant displaying (in the form of rich snippets)of metadata records of the two groups.
Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam; Seyed Mahdi Taheri
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Purpose: This study evaluates the position of Iranian Universities with an emphasisonAllameh Tabatab’i University (ATU) in four international university ranking systems including Shanghai, QS, Times, and ISC.
Methodology: This is an applied research. The method of comparative research, the method ...
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Purpose: This study evaluates the position of Iranian Universities with an emphasisonAllameh Tabatab’i University (ATU) in four international university ranking systems including Shanghai, QS, Times, and ISC.
Methodology: This is an applied research. The method of comparative research, the method of collecting library information, and the tool for checklist research are based on the indicators of each of the mentioned ranking systems.
Results: Findings show that 80 percent of the total published papers (as a key indicator) with an ATU affiliation appeared in Iranian journals and only 20 percent of the papers appeared in international journals. Despite the improving state of Allameh Tabataba'i University, it is still positioned relatively far from the top international universities in various other ranking indicators.
Conclusion: The results show that until the end of 2016 Allameh Tabatab’i University did not have a great position in three of the international university ranking systems—Shanghai, QS, and Times. However, in 2015 and 2016 the ISC ranked Allameh Tabatab’i University the second in Iranian universities in the field of humanities.
Mehdi Taheri; Nahid Gavili; Maryam Shekofte; Maryam Kazerani
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the ...
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the context and how the context will be established, and creating semantic based on the relationship among concepts in a special context emphasizing the semantic Web will be described. Then, the concept of the metadata application profile as the newest approach in creating metadata in information environments, and the context-oriented approach in designing this kind of profile aimed to meeting special native needs. The paper clarifies the position and the role of the metadata application profile in producing semantic in various information contexts as elements making the semantic web, and creating structured data (metadata) for describing and managing of the Web content objects. In the end, the paper will conclude the common approach in developing metadata application profiles and the semantic Web shows the positive impact and efficiency of metadata application profiles in developing the semantic Web.
Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Zahra Aghaabedi
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2015, , Pages 43-59
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Purpose: The aim of this research was to find out the status of indexing and ranking MARCXML and DCXML metadata records based on the linking approach by Web search engines. Methodology: 100 XML-based metadata records in two groups (50 DCXML metadata records in the first group and 50 MARCXML metadata ...
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Purpose: The aim of this research was to find out the status of indexing and ranking MARCXML and DCXML metadata records based on the linking approach by Web search engines. Methodology: 100 XML-based metadata records in two groups (50 DCXML metadata records in the first group and 50 MARCXML metadata records in the second group were analyzed through a comparative-analytical approach. The records were published on an independent website (http://www.aghaabedi.com), and were introduced to Google and Yahoo! search engines directly. Then using search strategies, the indexability and ranking of the published metadata records were examined. Findings: findings show all the metadata element values were indexed by Google and Yahoo!, and all the metadata records were ranked in the search results. Based on the research, all the metadata records are retrievable in Web search engines environment by the element values. There was no significant difference between two groups’ indexing and ranking. Conclusion: Implementing metadata records in XML syntax improves the indexability of them. This feature helps users to retrieve the content objects by Web search engines, but does not affect the ranking of the metadata records and the DCXML and MARCXML records were ranked equally.
Zakkie Arabsheibani; Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Mohammad Reza Alibeyk; Ali Reza Howaidaa
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is assessing Persian Islamic Knowledge Terminologies by Standard: ISO 25984-1 and adjusting them with instructions propounded to control vocabularies. The areas of the research are: Terminologies of Islamic Theology/ Logic/ Islamic Philosophy/ Jurisptudence′s ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is assessing Persian Islamic Knowledge Terminologies by Standard: ISO 25984-1 and adjusting them with instructions propounded to control vocabularies. The areas of the research are: Terminologies of Islamic Theology/ Logic/ Islamic Philosophy/ Jurisptudence′s principles (Osoul fiq)/ Ethics/ Quranic Science/ Tradition Science. Methodology: The methodology of this research is descriptive (measuring), and uses searching as its tool. 450 terms were chosen from each terminology and 3150 terms were totally studied. Findings: The result of the research shows that the most quantity of for the compliance with standards was found seen in philosophical terminology (70%), and after that, Osoul Fiq and Islamic Theology Terminologies (65%). Ethics and Quranic Knowledge Terminologies observed jointly 62.5% and Tradition Sciences and Logic Terminologies observed 55%. Conclusion: Islamic Knowledge Terminologies are weak in obviating ambiguity. 70/2% of the total Terminologies which are observed in Islamic Knowledge Terminologies have been used in the form of noun and noun phrase and 29/5% in the form of compound words. these terminologies entirely conform to grammatical standards and rules. but in recording names we don’t see any accordance with standards
