@mastersthesis{sauermann2003gnowsis,
  author = {Sauermann, Leo},
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  pdf = {Sauermann2003.pdf},
  school = {Technical University of Vienna},
  title = {The Gnowsis -- Using Semantic Web Technologies to build a Semantic Desktop},
  type = {Diploma thesis},
  url = {http://www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~sauermann/papers/sauermann2003.pdf},
  year = 2003
}

@inproceedings{groza2007nepomuk,
  abstract = {This paper introduces the NEPOMUK project which aims to create a standard and reference implementation for the Social Semantic Desktop. We outline the requirements and functionalities that were identified for a useful Semantic Desktop system and present an architecture that fulfills these requirements which was acquired by incremental refinement of the architecture of existing Semantic Desktop prototypes. The NEPOMUK project is primarily motivated by three real-life industrial use-cases, we briefly outline these and the processes used to extract required functionalities from the people working in these areas today, and we present a selection of typical tasks where the Semantic Desktop could be of benefit.},
  author = {Groza, Tudor and Handschuh, Siegfried and Moeller, Knud and Grimnes, Gunnar and Sauermann, Leo and Minack, Enrico and Mesnage, Cedric and Jazayeri, Mehdi and Reif, Gerald and Gudjónsdóttir, Rosa},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of I-Semantics' 07},
  editor = {Pellegrini, Tassilo and Schaffert, Sebastian},
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  intrahash = {6a466091e1478277aeeffe1e094e48b1},
  issn = {0948-6968},
  month = sep,
  pages = {201--211},
  publisher = {JUCS},
  title = {The NEPOMUK Project - On the way to the Social Semantic Desktop},
  url = {http://www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~sauermann/papers/groza+2007a.pdf},
  year = 2007
}

@inproceedings{quan2003haystack,
  abstract = {The Semantic Web promises to open innumerable opportunities for automation and information retrieval by standardizing the protocols for metadata exchange. However, just as the success of the World Wide Web can be attributed to the ease of use and ubiquity of Web browsers, we believe that the unfolding of the Semantic Web vision depends on users getting powerful but easy-to-use tools for managing their information. But unlike HTML, which can be easily edited in any text editor, RDF is more complicated to author and does not have an obvious presentation mechanism. Previous work has concentrated on the ideas of generic RDF graph visualization and RDF Schema-based form generation. In this paper, we present a comprehensive platform for constructing end user applications that create, manipulate, and visualize arbitrary RDF-encoded information, adding another layer to the abstraction cake. We discuss a programming environment specifically designed for manipulating RDF and introduce user interface concepts on top that allow the developer to quickly assemble applications that are based on RDF data models. Also, because user interface specifications and program logic are themselves describable in RDF, applications built upon our framework enjoy properties such as network updatability, extensibility, and end user customizability – all desirable characteristics in the spirit of the Semantic Web.},
  address = {Berlin/Heidelberg},
  author = {Quan, Dennis and Huynh, David and Karger, David R.},
  booktitle = {The SemanticWeb - ISWC 2003},
  doi = {10.1007/b14287},
  editor = {Fensel, Dieter and Sycara, Katia and Mylopoulos, John},
  interhash = {8ae06dd069f47cb9255f23fd156de2a6},
  intrahash = {e8fe68642076f1cd550375d8acc87442},
  isbn = {978-3-540-20362-9},
  month = sep,
  pages = {738--753},
  publisher = {Springer},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  title = {Haystack: A Platform for Authoring End User Semantic Web Applications},
  url = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/h74tvqb63j2df9w8/},
  volume = 2870,
  year = 2003
}

@techreport{decker2004social,
  abstract = {This whitepaper we vision of a new group collaboration infrastructure, the Social Semantic Desktop, drawing from co-evolving research in the Semantic Web, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks, and Online Social Networking. The Social Semantic Desktop is a novel collaboration environment, enabling the creation, sharing and deployment of data and metadata.},
  address = {Galway, Ireland},
  author = {Decker, Stefan and Frank, Martin},
  institution = {DERI Galway},
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  intrahash = {937b321b1e6ba9a26c7bcce8872de91c},
  month = may,
  number = {DERI-TR-2004-05-02},
  title = {The Social Semantic Desktop},
  url = {http://www.deri.ie/fileadmin/documents/DERI-TR-2004-05-02.pdf},
  year = 2004
}

@inproceedings{sauermann2005overview,
  abstract = {In this paper we will give an overview of the Semantic Desktop paradigm, beginning with the history of the term, a definition, current work and its relevance to knowledge management of the future. Existing applications and research results are listed and their role as building blocks of the future Semantic Desktop described. Based on the analysis of existing systems we propose two software architecture paradigms, one for the Semantic Desktop at large and an
other for applications running on a Semantic Desktop. A view on the context aspect of the Semantic Desktop and the Knowledge Management aspect is given. Based on the current events and projects, we give an outlook on the next steps.
},
  author = {Sauermann, Leo and Bernardi, Ansgar and Dengel, Andreas},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop at the ISWC 	2005 Conference},
  editor = {Decker, Stefan and Park, Jack and Quan, Dennis and Sauermann, Leo},
  interhash = {c8f7063ad1eed158b141ce5dc43f922d},
  intrahash = {a7512bcb7da1f4de855165fbf874660c},
  issn = {1613-0073},
  month = nov,
  pages = {1 -- 18},
  publisher = {CEUR-WS},
  series = {CEUR-WS.org},
  title = {Overview and Outlook on the Semantic Desktop},
  url = {http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-175/18_sauermann_overviewsemdesk_final.pdf},
  volume = 175,
  year = 2005
}

@inproceedings{brunkhorst2006beagle,
  abstract = {The rapidly increasing quantity and diversity of data stored on our PCs made locating information in this environment very difficult. Consequently, recent research has focussed on building semantically enhanced systems for either organizing or searching data on the desktop. Building on previous work, in this paper we present the Beagle++ toolbox, a set of extendable building blocks for implementing such a system. The corresponding modular desktop search architecture integrates our previously developed metadata generators and ranking components, uses an RDF database to share data between components, and can easily integrate other external components to improve desktop search quality. Additionally, we provide implementation details about all our current components, how they interact with each other, and how to install the complete system on top of a Linux distribution.},
  author = {Brunkhorst, Ingo and Chirita, Paul Alexandru and Costache, Stefania and Gaugaz, Julien and Ioannou, Ekaterini and Iofciu, Tereza and Minack, Enrico and Nejdl, Wolfgang and Paiu, Raluca},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Semantic Desktop and Social Semantic Collaboration Workshop (SemDesk 2006) at the 5th International Semantic Web Conference ISWC 2006},
  editor = {Decker, Stefan and Park, Jack and Sauermann, Leo and Auer, Sören and Handschuh, Siegfried},
  interhash = {0e643a96576d17cbdb49c2c8210c40dd},
  intrahash = {22e23038e827d350db073cebc7ba9133},
  issn = {1613-0073},
  month = nov,
  series = {CEUR-WS.org},
  title = {The Beagle++ Toolbox: Towards an Extendable Desktop Search Architecture},
  url = {http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-202/SEMDESK2006_0028.pdf},
  volume = 202,
  year = 2006
}

@inproceedings{zaiane2002building,
  abstract = {A recommender system in an e-learning context is a software agent that tries to "intelligently" recommend actions to a learner based on the actions of previous learners. This recommendation could be an on-line activity such as doing an exercise, reading posted messages on a conferencing system, or running an on-line simulation, or could be simply a web resource. These recommendation systems have been tried in e-commerce to entice purchasing of goods, but haven't been tried in e-learning. This paper suggests the use of web mining techniques to build such an agent that could recommend on-line learning activities or shortcuts in a course web site based on learners' access history to improve course material navigation as well as assist the online learning process. These techniques are considered integrated web mining as opposed to off-line web mining used by expert users to discover on-line access patterns.},
  address = {Washington, DC, USA },
  author = {Zaiane, O.R.},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education},
  doi = {10.1109/CIE.2002.1185862},
  interhash = {fce17e1e38b714031e92357f6f5877f5},
  intrahash = {df8fdf1b3452eabdecd64d0f3f4472dc},
  isbn = {0-7695-1509-6},
  month = dec,
  organization = {IEEE Computer Society},
  pages = {55--59},
  title = {Building a recommender agent for e-learning systems},
  url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1185862},
  volume = 1,
  year = 2002
}

@inproceedings{Sauermann2005b,
  author = {Sauermann, Leo},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the I-KNOW 2005. 5th International Conference on Knowledge
	Management},
  doi = {ISSN 0948-695x},
  editor = {Maurer, Hermann and Calude, Cristian and Salomaa, Arto and Tochtermann, Klaus},
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  intrahash = {107849390258ecf22fd85500e3947c42},
  pages = {294 - 301},
  title = {The Semantic Desktop - a Basis for Personal Knowledge Management},
  url = {http://www.dfki.uni-kl.de/~sauermann/papers/Sauermann2005b.pdf},
  year = 2005
}

@inproceedings{rohmer05lessons,
  address = {Galway, Ireland},
  author = {Rohmer, Jean},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop at the ISWC 2005 Conference},
  day = {6.},
  editor = {Decker, Stefan and Park, Jack and Quan, Dennis and Sauermann, Leo},
  interhash = {6808bc337a91395e134cb32da9384b84},
  intrahash = {78f02faa503a6b0786fef8fe46acb88e},
  month = {Novemebr},
  pages = {153 -- 158},
  title = {Lessons for the future of Semantic Desktops learnt from 10 years of experience with the IDELIANCE Semantic Networks Manager},
  year = 2005
}

@inproceedings{cgnp05semantically,
  address = {Galway, Ireland},
  author = {Chirita, Paul-Alexandru and Ghita, Stefania and Nejdl, Wolfgang and Paiu, Raluca},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop at the ISWC 2005 Conference},
  day = {6.},
  editor = {Decker, Stefan and Park, Jack and Quan, Dennis and Sauermann, Leo},
  interhash = {397602bc2da1ef6d7fa9005c45670eaa},
  intrahash = {77c7ed5117982df060cec23b87a5342b},
  month = {November},
  pages = {92 - 106},
  title = {Semantically Enhanced Searching and Ranking on the Desktop},
  year = 2005
}