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Cicero
About Cicero - Download - Argumentation Model - Related Projects - Contact - Literature Cicero is a web-based tool which supports asynchronous discussions between several participants. Cicero is based on the idea of the Issue Based Information Systems (IBIS) and the DILIGENT argumentation framework. The DILIGENT argumentation framework was adapted for Cicero in order to make it easier applicable on discussions and in order to reduce the learning effort by users. In Cicero, a discussion starts with defining the issue which should be discussed. Then possible solutions can be proposed. Subequently, the solution proposals are discussed with the help of supporting or objecting arguments. Cicero not only enables the discussion but it also defines a workflow for coming to a decision. For this purpose, it offers different types of votings like preferential voting or that a responible person makes a decision. In order to reduce the learning effort for new users of the system, Cicero is implemented as an extension of the MediaWiki which is known to a larger group of users from Wikipedia. Cicero can be downloaded from http://cicero.uni-koblenz.de/wiki/index.php/Download. The PDF version of the user manual is available here. At http://cicero.uni-koblenz.de a demo version is online which can be used for exploring the different features of Cicero. It is the idea of Cicero to give the discussions between users a certain structure. The structure should help the users in conducting their discussion in a more efficient manner. In Cicero, a discussion always starts with defining the issue which should be discussed. Then the users may propose different solutions and give supporting and objecting arguments. The discussion structure is taken from the Issue Based Information Systems (IBIS) where it already proved its value. Furthermore, several specific argument types like example, evaluation and justification are predefined by the system. The argument types are taken from the DILIGENT argumentation framework. In first experiments, it was shown that especially these argument types help to successfully bring a discussion to its end. Finally, Cicero offers the users the possibility to give their position on solution proposals at the end of the discussion. It can be used for selecting one of the solution proposals for later adaptation. About Cicero
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Cicero is developed in the context of the NeOn project.Related Projects
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Klaas Dellschaft Development Team
Jose Angel Monte Barreto
Sascha Rutenbeck
Literature
2009
Dellschaft, Klaas; Ji, Qiu; Qi, Guilin (2009): CoDR: A Contextual Framework for Diagnosis and Repair. In: Proceedings of ISWC-09 Poster and Demo Session.
2008
Dellschaft, Klaas; Staab, Steffen (2008): Unterstützung und Dokumentation kollaborativer Entwurfs- und Entscheidungsprozesse. Institut für Informatik, Universität Koblenz-Landau. Nr. 04/2008.
Dellschaft, Klaas; Engelbrecht, Hendrik; Monte Barreto, José; Rutenbeck, Sascha; Staab, Steffen (2008): Cicero: Tracking Design Rationale in Collaborative Ontology Engineering. In: Proceedings of the ESWC 2008 Demo Session.
2005
Tempich, Christoph; Pinto, S.; Sure, York; Staab, Steffen (2005): An Argumentation Ontology for DIstributed, Loosely-controlled and evolvIng Engineering processes of oNTologies (DILIGENT). In: Proceedings of the Second European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2005). Springer.
2004
Pinto, H. Sofia; Tempich, Christoph; Staab, Steffen (2004): DILIGENT: Towards a fine-grained methodology for DIstributed, Loosely-controlled and evolvInG Engingeering of oNTologies. In: de Mantaras, Ramon Lopez; Saitta, Lorenza: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2004), August 22nd - 27th. Valencia, Spain: IOS Verlag. S. 393--397.
Tempich, Christoph; Pinto, S.; Staab, Steffen; Sure, York (2004): A case study in supporting DIstributed, Loosely-Controlled and evolvInG Engineering of oNTologies (DILIGENT). In: Tochtermann, K.; Maurer, H.: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Knowledge Management {(I-KNOW'04). Graz, Austria: Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS). S. 225-232.
Pinto, S.; Staab, Steffen; Sure, York; Tempich, Christoph (2004): OntoEdit Empowering SWAP: a Case Study in Supporting DIstributed, Loosely-Controlled and evolvInG Engineering of oNTologies (DILIGENT). In: Bussler, Christoph; Davies, J.; Fensel, D.; Studer, Rudi: First European Semantic Web Symposium, {ESWS 2004}. Heraklion, Crete, Greece: Springer. Bd. 3053. S. 16-30.
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