Publication Details

IRIS: Integrate. Relate. Infer. Share.

by Cheyer, A. and Park, J. and Giuli, R.

1st Workshop on The Semantic Desktop. 4th International Semantic Web Conference, p. 15, Nov 2005.

In this paper we introduce a new semantic desktop system called IRIS, an application framework for enabling users to create a “personal map” across their office-related information objects. Built as part of the CALO Cog-nitive Assistant project, IRIS represents a step in our quest to construct the kinds of tools that will significantly augment the user’s ability to perform knowledge work. This paper explains our design decisions, progress, and short-comings. The IRIS project has grown from the past work of others and offers opportunities to augment and otherwise collaborate with other current and fu-ture semantic desktop projects. This paper marks our entry into the ongoing conversation about semantic desktops, intelligent knowledge management, and systems for augmenting the performance of human teams.