BibSonomyburst/user/eswc2008/emailBibSonomy RSS feed for /user/eswc2008/email2012-02-16T11:08:11+01:00http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20702addea22ce6b1b90eccffef1b9397/eswc2008eswc20082008-05-28T14:50:05+02:00email social act speech workflow information desktop semantic management theory personal patterns applications-1 <span class="authorEditorList"><a href="/author/Scerri">Simon Scerri</a>, <a href="/author/Handschuh">Siegfried Handschuh</a>, and <a href="/author/Decker">Stefan Decker</a> </span><em>Proceedings of the 5th European Semantic Web Conference, </em><em>Berlin, Heidelberg, </em><em>Springer Verlag, </em>(<em>June 2008</em>)Wed May 28 14:50:05 CEST 2008Berlin, HeidelbergProceedings of the 5th European Semantic Web ConferenceJuneLNCSSemantic Email as a communication medium for the Social Semantic Desktop2008email social act speech workflow information desktop semantic management theory personal patterns applications-1 In this paper, we introduce a formal email workflow model based on traditional email, which enables the user to define and execute ad-hoc workflows in an intuitive way. This model paves the way for semantic annotation of implicit, well-defined workflows, thus making them explicit and exposing the missing information in a machine processable way. Grounding this work within the Social Semantic Desktop [1] via appropriate ontologies means that this information can be exploited for the benefit of the user. This will have a direct impact on their personal information management - given email is not just a major channel of data exchange between desktops, but it also serves as a virtual working environment where people collaborate. Thus the presented workflow model will have a concrete manifestation in the creation, organization and exchange of semantic desktop data.