Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 55-73Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-014-0010-9
Keywords
Knowledge representation; Ontology; Semantic wiki; Vulnerability assessment
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- KIT as a Startup Budget program in the competence field Earth and Environment
- Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM)
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Three decades of vulnerability research have generated a complex and growing body of knowledge. The concept of vulnerability, as well as its implementation in vulnerability assessments, is used in various disciplines and contexts. Correspondingly, a multitude of ideas and frameworks about how to conceptualize and measure vulnerability exists. To provide a structured representation of vulnerability, we have set up an ontology-based semantic wiki for reviewing and representing vulnerability assessments (www.vuwiki.org). Based on a survey of 55 vulnerability assessment studies, we first developed an ontology as an explicit reference system for describing vulnerability assessments. The ontology was then implemented in a semantic wiki which allows for the classification and annotation of vulnerability assessment. The resulting semantic wiki, VuWiki, does not aim at synthesizing a holistic and overarching model of vulnerability, but at (1) providing-both scientists and practitioners-with a uniform ontology as a reference system; (2) providing easy and structured access to the knowledge field of vulnerability assessments with the possibility for any user to retrieve assessments using specific research criteria; and (3) serving as a collaborative knowledge platform that allows for the active participation of those generating and using the knowledge represented in the vulnerability wiki.
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