Jesus Contreras

Publications

• Near-Term Prospects for Semantic Technologies

  V. Richard Benjamins, John Davies, Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates, Peter Mika, Hugo Zaragoza, Mark Greaves, Jose Manuél Gómez-Pérez, Jesús Contreras, John Domingue, Dieter Fensel

  IEEE Intelligent Systems. 01/2008; 23:76--88.

• Semantic enhancement for legal information retrieval: Iuriservice performance

  Nuria Casellas, Pompeu Casanovas, Joan-Josep Vallbé, Marta Poblet, Mercedes Blázquez, Jesús Contreras, José Manuel López Cobo, V. Richard Benjamins

  01/2007

• Intelligent Search Engine For Online Access To Municipal Services

  Jose Gómez-Pérez, V. Richard Benjamins, Mercedes Blázquez, Jesús Contreras, María Fernández, Diego Patón, Luis Rodrigo

  01/2007: pages 75--93;

• Cantabria Cultural Heritage Semantic Portal

  Francisca Hernández, Luis Rodrigo, Jesús Contreras, Francesco Carbone

  01/2007

• How to Make It Faster and at Lower Cost? B2B Integration with Semantic Web Services

  Silvestre Losada, Dariusz Kleczek, V. Richard Benjamins, Jesús Contreras, Óscar Corcho, José Luis Bas, Sergio Bellido

  01/2006

• Next Generation Knowledge Access

  John Davies, Alistair Duke, Nick Kings, Dunja Mladeni\'c, Kalina Bontcheva, Miha Grcar, Jesus Contreras, Mercedes Blazquez Civico, Tim Glover

  09/2005;

  Purpose The paper shows how access to knowledge can be enhanced by using a set of innovative approaches and technologies based upon the Semantic Web. Approach Emerging trends in knowledge access are considered followed by a description of how ontologies and semantics can contribute. A set of tools a... [more] Purpose The paper shows how access to knowledge can be enhanced by using a set of innovative approaches and technologies based upon the Semantic Web. Approach Emerging trends in knowledge access are considered followed by a description of how ontologies and semantics can contribute. A set of tools are then presented which are based upon Semantic Web technology. For each of these a detailed description of the approach is given together with an analysis of related and future work as appropriate. Findings The presented tools are at the prototype stage but can already show how knowledge access can be improved by allowing users to more precisely express what they are looking for and by presenting to them in a form that is particular to their context. Research limitations/implications The tools show promising results in improving access to knowledge which will be further evaluated within a practical setting. The tools will be integrated and trialled as part of case studies within the SEKT project. This will allow their usability and practical applicability to be measured. Practical implications Ontologies as a form of knowledge representation are increasing in importance. Knowledge Management, and in particular knowledge access, will benefit from their widespread acceptance. The use of open standards and compatible tools in this area will be important to support interoperability and widespread access to disparate knowledge repositories. Originality/value of paper The paper presents research in an emerging but increasingly important field i.e. Semantic Web-based knowledge technology. It describes how this technology can satisfy the demand for improved knowledge access, including providing knowledge delivery to users at the right-time and the correct form.

• Iuriservice II: Ontology Development and Architectural Design

  Pompeu Casanovas, Jesús Gorroñogoitia, Jesús Contreras, Mercedes Blázquez, Nuria Casellas, Joan-Josep Vallbé, Marta Poblet, Francesc Ramos, V. Richard Benjamins

  01/2005

• A Semantic Search Engine for the International Relation Sector

  Luis Rodrigo, V. Richard Benjamins, Jesús Contreras, Diego Patón, D. Navarro, R. Salla, Mercedes Blázquez, P. Tena, I. Martos

  01/2005

• International Affairs Portal: A Semantic Web

  Contreras J, Benjamins V. R, Blzquez M, Losada S, Salla R, Sevilla J, Navarro D, Casillas J, Momp A, Patn D, Rodrigo L, Tena P, Martos I

  07/2004;

  This paper describes a semantic portal on the domain of International Affairs. This application is an integration of several technologies in the field of the Semantic Web in a complex project. We describe an approach, tools and techniques that allow building a semantic portal, where access is based ... [more] This paper describes a semantic portal on the domain of International Affairs. This application is an integration of several technologies in the field of the Semantic Web in a complex project. We describe an approach, tools and techniques that allow building a semantic portal, where access is based on the meaning of concepts and relations of the International Affairs domain. The approach comprises an automatic ontology-based annotator, a semantic search engine with a natural language interface, a web publication tool allowing semantic navigation, and a 3D visualization component. The portal is being deployed in the Royal Institute Elcano (Real Instituto Elcano) in Spain, which is a prestigious independent political institute whose mission is to comment on the political situation in the world focusing on its relation to Spain. As part of its dissemination strategy it operates a public website. The online content can be accessed by navigating through categories or by a keyword-based, full text search engine. The work described in this paper aims at improving access to the content. The semantic portal is currently being tested by the Institute.

• The SEKT Legal Use Case Components: Ontology and Architecture

  V R Benjamins, J Contreras, M Blázquez, L Rodrigo, P Casanovas, M Poblet

  01/2004

• Contribution of NLP to the Content Indexing of Multimedia Documents

  T. Declerck, J. Kuper, H. Saggion, A. Samiotou, P. Wittenburg, J. Contreras

  01/2004

• Neptuno: semantic web technologies for a digital newspaper archive

  P Castells, F Perdrix, E Pulido, M Rico, R Benjamins, J Contreras, J Lorés

  01/2004

• Cultural Heritage and the Semantic Web

  V. Richard Benjamins, Jesús Contreras, Mercedes Blázquez, Juan Manuel Dodero, A. Garcia, Eva Navas, Francisca Hernández, Carlos Wert

  01/2004

• Ontologies of Professional Legal Knowledge as the Basis for Intelligent IT Support for Judges

  V. R. Benjamins, J. Contreras, P. Casanovas, M. Ayuso, M. Becue, L. Lemus, C. Urios

  01/2004;

  In this paper, we describe the use of legal ontologies as a basis to improve IT support for professional judges. As opposed to most legal ontologies designed so far, which are mostly based on dogmatic and normative knowledge, we emphasize the importance of professional knowledge and experience as an... [more] In this paper, we describe the use of legal ontologies as a basis to improve IT support for professional judges. As opposed to most legal ontologies designed so far, which are mostly based on dogmatic and normative knowledge, we emphasize the importance of professional knowledge and experience as an important pillar for constructing the ontology. We describe an intelligent FAQ system for junior judges that intensively use the ontology.

• International Affairs Portal: A Semantic Web Application

  Jesús Contreras, V. Richard Benjamins, Mercedes Blázquez, Silvestre Losada, R. Salla, J. Sevilla, D. Navarro, Joaquín Casillas, A. Mompó, Diego Patón, Luis Rodrigo, P. Tena, I. Martos

  01/2004

• A Semantic Portal for the International Affairs Sector

  Jesús Contreras, V. Richard Benjamins, Mercedes Blázquez, Silvestre Losada, R. Salla, J. Sevilla, D. Navarro, Joaquín Casillas, A. Mompó, Diego Patón, Óscar Corcho, P. Tena, I. Martos

  01/2004

• Neptuno: Semantic Web Technologies for a Digital Newspaper Archive

  Pablo Castells, Ferran Perdrix, E. Pulido, Mariano Rico, V. Richard Benjamins, Jesús Contreras, J. Lorés

  01/2004

• Text-Based Semantic Annotation Service for Multimedia Content in the Esperonto Project

  Thierry Declerck, C. Crispi, Jesús Contreras, Óscar Corcho

  01/2004

• SWS for Financial Overdrawn Alerting

  José Manuel López Cobo, Silvestre Losada, Óscar Corcho, V. Richard Benjamins, Marcos Niño, Jesús Contreras

  01/2004

• Esperonto Application: Service Provision of Semantic Annotation, Aggregation, Indexing and Routing of Textual, Multimedia, and Multilingual Web Content

  R. Benjamins, J. Contreras, A. Gomez-Perez, H. Uszkoreit, T. Declerck, D. Fensel, Y. Ding, M.J. Wooldridge, V. Tamma

  4th European Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services, London, United Knigdom; 04/2003