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In their initial proposal for structural computing (SC), Nürnberg et al. [18] point to hypertext argumentation systems as an example of an application domain in which structure is of first-order importance. In this paper we summarise the goals and implementation of a knowledge based hypertext environment called ScholOnto (for Scholarly Ontologies), which aims to provide researchers with computational support in representing and analysing the structure of scholarly claims, argumentation and perspectives. A specialised web server will provide a medium for researchers to contest the significance of concepts and emergent structures. In so doing, participants construct an evolving structure that reflects a community’s understandings of its field, and which can support computational services for scholars. Using structural analyses of scholarly argumentation, we consider the connections with structural computing, and propose a number of requirements for generic SC environments.
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Shum, S.B., Domingue, J., Motta, E. (2000). Scholarly Discourse as Computable Structure. In: Open Hypermedia Systems and Structural Computing. SC OHS 2000 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1903. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39941-0_15
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