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Research on the organization of user needs information in the big data environment

Feicheng Ma (Center for Studies of Information Resources, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China)
Ye Chen (Center for Studies of Information Resources, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China)
Yiming Zhao (Center for Studies of Information Resources, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 6 February 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to propose a conceptual model for improving the organization of user needs information in the big data environment.

Design/methodology/approach

A conceptual model of the organization of user needs information based on Linked Data techniques is constructed. This model has three layers: the Data Layer, the Semantic Layer and the Application Layer.

Findings

Requirements for organizing user needs information in the big data environment are identified as follows: improving the intelligence level, establishing standards and guidelines for the description of user needs information, enabling the interconnection of user needs information and considering individual privacy in the organization and analysis of user needs.

Practical implications

This Web of Needs model could be used to improve knowledge services by matching user needs information with increasing semantic knowledge resources more effectively and efficiently in the big data environment.

Originality/value

This study proposes a conceptual model, the Web of Needs model, to organize and interconnect user needs. Compared with existing methods, the Web of Needs model satisfies the requirements for the organization of user needs information in the big data environment with regard to four aspects: providing the basis and conditions for intelligent processing of user needs information, using RDF as a description norm, enabling the interconnection of user needs information and setting various protocols to protect user privacy.

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Acknowledgements

This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71420107026 and 71403190).

Citation

Ma, F., Chen, Y. and Zhao, Y. (2017), "Research on the organization of user needs information in the big data environment", The Electronic Library, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 36-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-07-2015-0130

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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