Abstract This paper explains how functional programming (FP) helps to integrate both theoretical and technological models by using generic datatypes and higher-order functions. As an application, the paper considers the domains of knowledge modeling and web technologies. More precisely, it explains how FP can be used to infer and to generate web pages from a graph based datamodel, or to embed... This paper explains how functional programming (FP) helps to integrate both theoretical and technological models by using generic datatypes and higher-order functions. As an application, the paper considers the domains of knowledge modeling and web technologies. More precisely, it explains how FP can be used to infer and to generate web pages from a graph based datamodel, or to embed a query language (helpful to search for a precise information). It then shows how the concepts lead to a generic platform dedicated to knowledge sharing and searching with an application to the CCAlps European project. Read More Read Less

Abstract Semantic Similarity relates to computing the similarity between concepts of ontology. There exist four approaches to calculate the semantic similarity. The first approach is based on path length. Under this approach we studied and compared some of the measures on a bench mark dataset. Among the compared measures Wu & Palmer measure has the advantage of being simple to implement... Semantic Similarity relates to computing the similarity between concepts of ontology. There exist four approaches to calculate the semantic similarity. The first approach is based on path length. Under this approach we studied and compared some of the measures on a bench mark dataset. Among the compared measures Wu & Palmer measure has the advantage of being simple to implement and has better performance compared to the other similarity measures. This measure considers only the depth of the LCS: (Least Common Subsumer) we call in our paper as Closest Common Parent for similarity computation. But there are complex and large taxonomies, covering thousands of interrelated concepts including several overlapping hierarchies, and extensive use of multiple inheritances (i.e. a concept is subsumed by several super concepts). For such taxonomies using only the LCS will ignore a great amount of explicit knowledge. To overcome this limitation we propose ontology based semantic similarity measure which extends Wu & Palmer measure by considering ASC :( All Subsumed Concepts). We compared both the measures on two benchmark datasets. The obtained results show that our measure gave improved similarity values compared to the Wu and Palmer measure. Read More Read Less

Abstract The paper aims to develop and design a cloud-based Quran portal using Drupal technology and make it available in multiple services. The portal can be hosted on cloud and users around the world can access it using any Internet enabled device. The proposed portal includes different features to become a center of learning resources for various users. The portal is... The paper aims to develop and design a cloud-based Quran portal using Drupal technology and make it available in multiple services. The portal can be hosted on cloud and users around the world can access it using any Internet enabled device. The proposed portal includes different features to become a center of learning resources for various users. The portal is further designed to promote research and development of new tools and applications includes Application Programming Interface (API) and Search API, which exposes the search to public, and make the searching Quran efficient and easy. The cloud application can request various surah or ayah using the API and by passing filter. Read More Read Less