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To better understand, analyze, and support work execution at computer workplaces, this paper presents a framework of ontologies. We analyze knowledge work at computer workplaces as weakly-structured processes by means of activity theory. Based on the analysis, we extend a set of upper ontologies to model the computer workplace and the process of work execution. We especially reflect the process of tool selection involved in work execution by a hierarchical analysis of involved planning activities and software tools, enabling a plan realization.
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Schmidt, B., Paulheim, H., Stoitsev, T., Mühlhäuser, M. (2011). Towards a Formalization of Individual Work Execution at Computer Workplaces. In: Andrews, S., Polovina, S., Hill, R., Akhgar, B. (eds) Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge. ICCS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6828. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22688-5_20
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