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High-Energy Astrophysics

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Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
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Exploring Semantic Technologies and Their Application to Nuclear Knowledge Management

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Series Book 6.15 - IAEA Nuclear Energy Series
Within the nuclear field, a vast body of knowledge, involving scientific, technical and managerial fields, is distributed among many organizations of different types. Managing and provisioning distributed knowledge is therefore becoming one of the major challenges in federated organizational environments. This publication provides information to organizations dealing with nuclear knowledge and its ... Read more

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Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
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