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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Executive information systems usage : the impact of web-based technologies.

January 2002 (has links)
Executive Information Systems (EIS) grew out ofthe information needs of top executives. The recent literature reports that EIS usage has spread throughout organisations. Web-based technologies are causing a revisit of existing IT implementation models, including those for EIS. These technologies include: Intranet, Internet, Extranet, e-Commerce: Business-to-Business (B2B), e-Comrnerce: Business-to-Consumer (B2C), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and other mobile technologies. The author conducts a field study of 31 well-established organisations in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa, which have EIS experience. A validated survey instrument is administered to an EIS stakeholder in each organisation surveyed. This dissertation reports on (1) an investigation into previous research on IT adoption; (2) that there is little evidence to support that the theoretical usage aspects of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) are echoed in EIS implementations in KwaZulu/Natal; and (3) identifies and ranks Web-based technologies in order of their perceived impact on EIS currently and in the future. There is a positive impact level trend for all Web-based technologies on future EIS implementations. The results from this field study could be useful in formulating a set of management perspectives for organisations in South Africa wishing to embark on EIS implementation programs. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.
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A conceptual framework for information technology project management auditing

06 November 2012 (has links)
M.Tech. / In this age of ever-increasing competition, organisations are facing unprecedented pressure to meet the combined obligations of showing returns to shareholders, and staying ahead of the competition. To meet these obligations, organisations have become increasingly dependent on technology, as an enabler. This dependency suggests that technology projects have become strategically more important than ever for organisations; yet the success of technology projects remains questionable. Furthermore, organisations do not have simple mechanisms to allow them to quickly and accurately trace the causes of IT project management failures. One of the causes of project management failures is the inability and/or unwillingness of project managers to adhere to project management best practices adopted by their organisations. This research proposes a simple and repeatable model to help organisations determine whether they are indeed following the project management best practices which they purport to follow. The research methods consisted firstly of a wide review of relevant literature on auditing, project management, and IT governance. Secondly, empirical data was collected and analysed. Thirdly, modelling was used to develop a conceptual model for auditing IT project management. The empirical study is based on a semi-structured interview, involving ten project managers in charge of IT projects. The findings from this research confirm that project managers do not adhere to project management best practices which they purport to follow. Consequently, this dissertation concludes that IT project managers must adhere to best practices adopted by their organisations, regardless of how impractical or inconvenient that may seem; the proposed model for auditing IT project management helps them achieve just that.
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The development of an information model for the management of an employee assistance programme

30 September 2015 (has links)
M.A. / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Framework for requirements-driven system design automation

Unknown Date (has links)
In this thesis, a framework for improving model-driven system design productivity with Requirements-Driven Design Automation (RDDA) is presented. The key to the proposed approach is to close the semantic gap between requirements, components and architecture by using compatible semantic models for describing product requirements and component capabilities, including constraints. An ontology-based representation language is designed that spans requirements for the application domain, the software design domain and the component domain. Design automation is supported for architecture development by machine-based mapping of desired product/subsystem features and capabilities to library components and by synthesis and maintenance of Systems Modeling Language (SysML) design structure diagrams. The RDDA framework uses standards-based semantic web technologies and can be integrated with exiting modeling tools. Requirements specification is a major component of the system development cycle. Mistakes and omissions in requirements documents lead to ambiguous or wrong interpretation by engineers, causing errors that trickle down in design and implementation with consequences on the overall development cost. We describe a methodology for requirements specification that aims to alleviate the above issues and that produces models for functional requirements that can be automatically validated for completeness and consistency. The RDDA framework uses an ontology-based language for semantic description of functional product requirements, SysML structure diagrams, component constraints, and Quality of Service. The front-end method for requirements specification is the SysML editor in Rhapsody. A requirements model in Web Ontology Language (OWL) is converted from SysML to Extensible Markup Language Metadata Interchange (XMI) representation. / The specification is validated for completeness and consistency with a ruled-based system implemented in Prolog. With our methodology, omission s and several types of consistency errors present in the requirements specification are detected early on, before the design stage. Component selection and design automation have the potential to play a major role in reducing the system development time and cost caused by the rapid change in technology advances and the large solution search space. In our work, we start from a structured representation of requirements and components using SysML, and based on specific set of rules written in Prolog, we partially automate the process of architecture design. / by Mihai Fonoage. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Modelos de gestão da terceirização de tecnologia da informação: um estudo exploratório / Models of information technology outsourcing management: an exploratory study

Bergamaschi, Sidnei 17 February 2005 (has links)
A terceirização, ou o processo de transferência de suas atividades, por parte das organizações, para terceiros, é uma prática utilizada há muito tempo e que vem se tornando mais comum. O mesmo também ocorre especificamente em relação às atividades da área de Tecnologia da Informação, desde o início da utilização dos computadores nas organizações até os dias atuais. Diversos são os motivos que levam as organizações a terceirizar, parcial ou totalmente, suas diferentes atividades e serviços na área de Tecnologia da Informação, sendo muitos deles associados à redução de custos, melhoria de qualidade e foco nas atividades essenciais da organização. Algumas teorias econômicas embasam as decisões de terceirização por parte das organizações, particularmente a economia dos custos de transação, custos de produção e teoria de agência. Esta tese tem como objetivo realizar um estudo exploratório sobre as formas de contratação e gerenciamento da terceirização de Tecnologia da Informação, bem como de fatores que influenciam a adoção dessas formas. A tese propõe um modelo, elaborado com base na literatura existente sobre o assunto, segundo o qual, determinados fatores econômicos e objetivos estratégicos das organizações influenciam na escolha de um modelo de gestão da terceirização. Além disso, o modelo propõe uma taxonomia para as formas de gestão da terceirização de Tecnologia da Informação, divididas em dois grupos: os modos de contratação e os modos de gerenciamento, e também analisa os relacionamentos específicos entre eles. A pesquisa utilizou uma amostra composta por 228 empresas, em sua maior parte indústrias, usuárias de serviços de Tecnologia da Informação, que participaram de um survey, através de um website na internet. Sobre os dados provenientes da amostra foram aplicadas várias técnicas estatísticas, como análise de correlação, análise de clusters e análise de variância, para validar as hipóteses do modelo. Os resultados obtidos confirmam o modelo de pesquisa parcialmente, comprovando os relacionamentos entre as formas de contratação e gerenciamento, porém, não permitindo conclusões definitivas sobre a influência de fatores econômicos e objetivos estratégicos na definição e escolha dos modelos de gestão. Dos relacionamentos entre as formas de contratação e gerenciamento é possível identificar um conjunto de três arranjos distintos, para a gestão da terceirização de TI pelas organizações. Além disso, são apresentados resultados e conclusões adicionais a respeito dos responsáveis pelo processo de terceirização, pelo orçamento de terceirização, quantidade e diversidade de serviços terceirizados e, ainda, sobre a satisfação com os resultados obtidos com a terceirização de serviços de TI. Dos relacionamentos entre as formas de contratação e gerenciamento é possível identificar um conjunto de três arranjos distintos, para a gestão da terceirização de TI pelas organizações. / Outsourcing, or the process of transferring activities to third parties has being underused for a long time and it is becoming a common practice. This is also true in the Information Technology area, ever since computers have been introduced in organizations. There are many reasons associated to the partial or total outsourcing of activities and services in Information Technology, many of them regarding cutting costs, quality improvement and focus on the organization core activities. Some economic theories support the outsourcing decisions such as transaction costs economics, production costs and the agency theory. The objective of this Thesis is to present an exploratory study regarding contracting and management models in Information Technology outsourcing, as well as, the factors that have being taken into consideration in the decision for such models. This Thesis proposes a model, based on the existing literature on the subject, in which companies specific economic factors and strategic objectives influence the choice for an outsourcing management model. Furthermore, the model proposes a taxonomy for the outsourcing management in Information Technology, divided into two groups: contracting and management models. It also analyses the specific relationship between them. The survey has collected information from 228 companies, most of them industries which use Information Technology services and that have answered a questionnaire in a Internet website. Some statistical methods have been applied on the collected sample data; such as, correlation analysis, cluster analysis and variance analysis in order to support the model hypothesis. The results partially confirm the research model, validating the relationship between contracting and management models. However, it was not possible to draw final conclusions on the influence of economic factors and strategic objectives in defining and choosing management models. From de relationships between contracting and management models it is possible to identify a set of three distinct groups for the management of Information Technology outsourcing in the organizations. Moreover, additional results and conclusions are presented regarding the responsibility for the outsourcing process, budgets, amount and diversity of outsourcing services, and, satisfaction with the outsourcing services results in Information Technology.
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Pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos no Brasil: estratégias de fomento / Drug research and development in Brazil: fomentation strategies

Barberato Filho, Silvio 10 July 2006 (has links)
Pode-se afirmar que no século XX originou-se uma indústria farmacêutica multinacional com extraordinária capacidade de pesquisa e desenvolvimento para produzir novos fármacos. Porém, contradizendo este potencial inovador, o número de fármacos introduzidos no mercado vem declinando desde 1960 e as oportunidades abertas com os avanços da biologia molecular, da genômica, da bioinformática e da química ainda não trouxeram os resultados esperados. No Brasil, a pesquisa científica tem obtido resultados de grande relevância, mas encontra muitas dificuldades para levar novos produtos ao mercado. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é discutir estratégias de fomento para a pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos no país, procurando conciliar os requisitos técnicos e econômicos deste processo com as competências preexistentes. O referencial metodológico adotado enfatiza o papel determinante das relações econômicas na pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos e procura encontrar caminhos compatíveis com a realidade nacional. Para tanto, discute as características técnicas e econômicas desta atividade, bem como a estratégia das empresas inovadoras e algumas experiências brasileiras nesta área do conhecimento. Fundamentado na análise de 766 novos fármacos introduzidos no mercado mundial entre 1984-2003, nos pilares econômicos do processo de inovação e no contexto político-institucional da pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos, propõe alternativas para aprimorar o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico do setor farmacêutico brasileiro. Muitas atividades relacionadas com a pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos são realizadas no país, mas encontram-se dispersas nas principais universidades, centros e institutos de pesquisa. O mapeamento destas competências representa o ponto de partida para a criação de uma rede de inovação no setor farmacêutico. Um dos gargalos identificados neste trabalho é a fragilidade do suporte institucional para negociações de alta tecnologia, do qual fazem parte as patentes, os acordos de cooperação e a transferência de tecnologia. Para viabilizar, no Brasil, a incorporação de ferramentas de alta tecnologia empregadas no desenvolvimento de fármacos foi proposta a criação do Laboratório Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos. Além de garantir sofisticação técnica, este Laboratório Nacional atuaria como instituição aberta, multidisciplinar, assumindo o papel de um centro de articulação das iniciativas voltadas para o desenvolvimento de fármacos, podendo gerar recursos para financiar a pesquisa e contribuir para o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico. Acordos de cooperação com empresas inovadoras e organismos internacionais fazem parte das estratégias para captação de recursos. Linhas de pesquisa alinhadas com as necessidades do Sistema Único de Saúde e com outras políticas do setor público também devem nortear a pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos no país. A exploração de novos alvos moleculares, articulada com projetos genômicos, inovações incrementais, doenças negligenciadas e produtos naturais são apontados como áreas estratégicas. A afirmação de que o Brasil reúne as condições necessárias para participar do processo de desenvolvimento de fármacos - hipótese primária deste trabalho - encontra sustentação nos argumentos apresentados e revela que as condições para a inovação tecnológica nunca foram tão favoráveis quanto agora. Estimular o debate acerca de estratégias que possam fomentar o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico da pesquisa e desenvolvimento de fármacos no país representa a contribuição almejada por este trabalho. / It can be asserted that in the twentieth century a multinational pharmaceutical industry with extraordinary research and development capacity to produce new drugs arose. However, contradicting this innovative potential, the number of new chemical entities introduced in the market is declining since 1960 and the opportunities open with the progresses of molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics and chemistry haven\'t brought the expected results yet. In Brazil, the scientific research has been obtaining results of great relevance, but a lot of difficulty is found to introduce new products into the market. The main purpose of this work is to discuss fomentation strategies for the drug research and development in the country, trying to reconcile technical and economic requirements of this process with the pre-existent competences. The adopted methodological referential emphasizes the decisive role of economic relationships in drug research and development and tries to find out compatible ways with the national reality. For that, it discusses the technical and economic characteristics of this activity, as well as the strategy of innovative companies and some Brazilian experiences in this knowledge area. Based on the analysis of 766 new chemical entities introduced in world market among 1984 to 2003, in economic pillars of the innovation process and in political-institutional context of drug research and development, alternatives are proposed to straighten out the scientific and technological development of Brazilian pharmaceutical sector. Many activities related to the drug research and development are accomplished in the country, but they are scattered in the main universities, research centers and institutes. The charting of these competences represents the start up to create an innovation net in the pharmaceutical section. One of the bottlenecks identified in this work is the fragility of institutional support for high technology negotiations, of which patents, cooperation agreements and technology transference make part. To make it possible, in Brazil, incorporation of high technology tools used in drug development, creation of National Laboratory of Drug Research and Development was proposed. Besides guaranteeing technical sophistication, this National Laboratory would act as an open institution, multidisciplinary, shouldering the role of an articulation center of initiatives aiming drug development, being able to generate resources to finance research and to contribute to scientific and technological development. Cooperation agreements with innovative companies and international organisms are part of strategies to raise funds research fields aligned with the needs of the Brazilian Unique Health System (SUS) and with other policies of Public Sector also must direct the drug research and development in the country. New molecular targets evaluation articulated in genomic process, incremental innovations, neglected diseases and natural products are pointed out as strategic areas. The statement that Brazil has conditions of participating in the process of drug development - primary hypothesis of this work - finds back-up in reported arguments and reveals that conditions for technological innovation have never been as favorable as now. To stimulate the debate concerning strategies that can foment scientific and technological development of drug research and development in the country represents the contribution aimed for this work.
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Alinhando objetivos estratégicos e processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software. / Aligning strategic objectives and development process at software companies.

Fleury, André Leme 13 April 2007 (has links)
A importância dos sistemas de software segue crescendo para grande parte das organizações. A expansão das funcionalidades viabilizadas com a implantação destes sistemas em produtos manufaturados e a emergência das \"mídias digitais\", que compreendem conteúdo digital, software e múltiplos canais de acesso ao mercado, são exemplos recentes nos quais os sistemas de software assumiram posição central para a estratégia corporativa. Grande parte das pesquisas realizadas sobre software não considera explicitamente os vínculos existentes entre o mercado no qual estas empresas atuam e seus processos organizacionais; como conseqüência, tanto pesquisa como prática em engenharia de software tendem a ser realizadas de forma neutra, e na perspectiva de um desenvolvedor de software, diferentes atividades de desenvolvimento são consideradas como igualmente relevantes para a obtenção dos objetivos corporativos. Este projeto de pesquisa analisa como acontece o alinhamento entre objetivos estratégicos e o processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software e propõe um método para garantir que o processo de desenvolvimento encontra-se alinhado com os objetivos do negócio. O método inclui a categorização de diferentes companhias de software de acordo com as suas habilidades principais e a customização da técnica Technology Roadmapping para empresas de software. O percurso metodológico desenvolvido para atingir os objetivos propostos não é convencional e envolve diferentes etapas nas quais a recuperação de teorias, de conceitos e de modelos foi mesclada com atividades de pesquisa para o detalhamento, teste e ratificação dos diversos elementos que vêm a constituir o produto acima mencionado. Os resultados obtidos são consistentes com os objetivos propostos e incluem um referencial para análise da indústria de Telecomunicações, um referencial para análise da indústria de software, incorporando questões sobre mercado, objetivos estratégicos, produtos e serviços e processo de desenvolvimento, e um método de alinhamento entre objeticos estratégicos e processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software. / Software importance is growing fast and consistently for many organizations. The growth of software functionality in manufactured products and the emergence of the digital media, convergent spaces comprehending digital content, software, and multi-channels to the market, are recent examples of organizational changes where software assumed a central position for the corporate strategy. Much of current research about software does not explicitly consider the linkages between the software market and their organizational processes; as a consequence, software engineering practice and research is done in a value-neutral setting, and from a developer point of view, different activities are considered equally important for the achievement of corporate goals. This research project analyzes the alignment between strategic objectives and development process at software companies and presents a method to ensure that the development process is aligned with the corporate capabilities required to exploit future market opportunities. The method includes the categorization of different software companies according to their core capabilities and the customization of the Technology Roadmapping technique for software companies. To achieve the proposed goal it was necessary to develop a different approach, in which theories, concepts and models were tested against empirical initiatives, aiming to validate the different elements that constitute the mentioned result. These obtained results are consistent with the proposed objectives, and include a framework to analyze the telecommunication industry, a framework to analyze the software industry, concerning issues such as market, strategic objectives, products and services and development process, and a method to align strategic objectives and development process at software companies.
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Alinhando objetivos estratégicos e processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software. / Aligning strategic objectives and development process at software companies.

André Leme Fleury 13 April 2007 (has links)
A importância dos sistemas de software segue crescendo para grande parte das organizações. A expansão das funcionalidades viabilizadas com a implantação destes sistemas em produtos manufaturados e a emergência das \"mídias digitais\", que compreendem conteúdo digital, software e múltiplos canais de acesso ao mercado, são exemplos recentes nos quais os sistemas de software assumiram posição central para a estratégia corporativa. Grande parte das pesquisas realizadas sobre software não considera explicitamente os vínculos existentes entre o mercado no qual estas empresas atuam e seus processos organizacionais; como conseqüência, tanto pesquisa como prática em engenharia de software tendem a ser realizadas de forma neutra, e na perspectiva de um desenvolvedor de software, diferentes atividades de desenvolvimento são consideradas como igualmente relevantes para a obtenção dos objetivos corporativos. Este projeto de pesquisa analisa como acontece o alinhamento entre objetivos estratégicos e o processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software e propõe um método para garantir que o processo de desenvolvimento encontra-se alinhado com os objetivos do negócio. O método inclui a categorização de diferentes companhias de software de acordo com as suas habilidades principais e a customização da técnica Technology Roadmapping para empresas de software. O percurso metodológico desenvolvido para atingir os objetivos propostos não é convencional e envolve diferentes etapas nas quais a recuperação de teorias, de conceitos e de modelos foi mesclada com atividades de pesquisa para o detalhamento, teste e ratificação dos diversos elementos que vêm a constituir o produto acima mencionado. Os resultados obtidos são consistentes com os objetivos propostos e incluem um referencial para análise da indústria de Telecomunicações, um referencial para análise da indústria de software, incorporando questões sobre mercado, objetivos estratégicos, produtos e serviços e processo de desenvolvimento, e um método de alinhamento entre objeticos estratégicos e processo de desenvolvimento em empresas de software. / Software importance is growing fast and consistently for many organizations. The growth of software functionality in manufactured products and the emergence of the digital media, convergent spaces comprehending digital content, software, and multi-channels to the market, are recent examples of organizational changes where software assumed a central position for the corporate strategy. Much of current research about software does not explicitly consider the linkages between the software market and their organizational processes; as a consequence, software engineering practice and research is done in a value-neutral setting, and from a developer point of view, different activities are considered equally important for the achievement of corporate goals. This research project analyzes the alignment between strategic objectives and development process at software companies and presents a method to ensure that the development process is aligned with the corporate capabilities required to exploit future market opportunities. The method includes the categorization of different software companies according to their core capabilities and the customization of the Technology Roadmapping technique for software companies. To achieve the proposed goal it was necessary to develop a different approach, in which theories, concepts and models were tested against empirical initiatives, aiming to validate the different elements that constitute the mentioned result. These obtained results are consistent with the proposed objectives, and include a framework to analyze the telecommunication industry, a framework to analyze the software industry, concerning issues such as market, strategic objectives, products and services and development process, and a method to align strategic objectives and development process at software companies.
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Quality management challenges in iterative software product development of a selected software development organisation in Cape Town, South Africa

Chipunza, Enciliah January 2018 (has links)
Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / Many software organisations using iterative software development approach use practices that relate to quality management. However, the quality management process has been inadequate. Despite many research studies conducted on quality management in iterative software product development none have adequately addressed the challenges and mitigation techniques to have an adequate process that leads to a quality software product. The objective of this study was to determine factors that affect the quality management process in iterative software development. The research followed a qualitative approach, a case of software organisation SasTech in Cape Town, South Africa. 22 interviews were conducted on three roles actively involved in the software product development process. These are product management, quality assurance and software developers. Themes were drawn from results and were tabulated. The duality of technology theory was used as a theoretical lens to data analysis. Several factors were identified to influence the software quality management process. These include planning, documentation, process ownership, technologies, testing, timelines and management support. Through the general proposed framework, facilities (human resources and technologies), interpretive schemes (architecture) and norms (practices) of software quality management can be institutionalised leading to adequate and effective quality management in iterative development for SasTech as well as other organisations in the same industry.
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A web semântica na gestão de livros digitais licenciados : uma proposta de modelo /

Serra, Liliana Giusti January 2019 (has links)
Orientador: José Eduardo Santarém Segundo / Co-orientadora: Jodi Schneider / Banca: Plácida Leopoldina Ventura Amorim da Costa Santos / Banca: José Fernando Modesto da Silva / Banca: Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregório Vidotti / Banca: Fabrício Silva Assumpção / Resumo: A inclusão de livros digitais em bibliotecas proporciona outras formas de oferta de serviços e acesso à informação aos usuários. Se por um lado amplia a oferta de acervo, por outro demanda ajustes de metadados bibliográficos e de gestão, acompanhamento da movimentação de livros digitais presentes na(s) plataforma(s) dos fornecedores e atualização constante dos dados e recursos disponíveis aos usuários. A Web Semântica, seus conceitos e tecnologias vêm sendo pesquisadas no ambiente de bibliotecas, analisando as possibilidades para sua utilização em rotinas diversas como, por exemplo, o enriquecimento de catálogos e o reaproveitamento de dados que estão disponíveis na Web. Este cenário despertou o interesse em averiguar se a Web Semântica pode ser utilizada para a criação de modelo de dados (framework) para contribuir com o tratamento, enriquecimento, publicação e reuso de registros bibliográficos e de licenciamento entre fornecedores e bibliotecas e condicionou a formulação do problema de pesquisa. O objetivo geral desta tese consiste na elaboração de proposta de modelo de dados com uso da Web Semântica para gestão de livros digitais licenciados. Para construir este modelo foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica visando identificar as principais dificuldades observadas com a gestão de livros digitais licenciados e os elementos da Web Semântica que permitam o enriquecimento, publicação e reutilização de dados. A partir dos resultados desta revisão de literatura foi realizada pesqu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Adding digital books to a library's collection allows offers of new services and access to the new information for patrons. On one hand, it is possible to enhance the collection but, on the other hand, it is necessary to update bibliographic and management metadata, in accordance to the moving of resources in providers' platforms. The Semantic Web and its concepts and technologies have been studied in libraries, analyzing the possibilities to use it in several activities such as catalog enrichment and data reuse from sources available on the Web. This scenario sparked interest in whether the Semantic Web can be used to create a framework for the treatment, enrichment, reuse, and publishing bibliographic and licensing records by providers and libraries. This situation results in the formulation of the research problem. The main objective of this dissertation relies on the proposal of a framework using the Semantic Web for digital books management. To construct this framework, bibliographic research was performed focusing on identifying the main difficulties in digital books management and the core elements of the Semantic Web that allow the enrichment, publishing and reusing of data. From the results of this literature review, exploratory research was done to identify if the Linked Open Data can be used for the treatment, enriching, and patterning of bibliographic data, and if the Linked Enterprise Data can be used for licensing data. The needed metadata for resource descripti... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

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