handicaps to effective introduction of semiotic achievements into software development in the spheres related to human perception such as interfaces, computer languages, DB queries, arise due to the absence of analysis and modeling methods adequate to the complicity of the investigated objects. A formal model that expresses basic semiotic notions in species of structures is presented in the pap...

BACKGROUND Research for ontology evaluation is scarce. If biomedical ontological datasets and knowledgebases are to be widely used, there needs to be quality control and evaluation for the content and structure of the ontology. This paper introduces how to effectively utilize a semiotic-inspired approach to ontology evaluation, specifically towards drug-related ontologies hosted on the National...

E-learning tools design is intended to mediate communication between the student (user) and the software involving teacher intervention. The design process could be taken as a dialogue between teacher and student. Thus, the main actors in the teaching/learning process are involved during the software-design process in this semiotic perspective. We aim to introduce a model for designing e-learni...

Between playing a game and enjoying a narration there is a semiotic and semantic common ground: interpretation and meaning-making. A semiotic methodology to describe situated gaming practices will be presented in three phases. At first, the intuitive concept of "meaning" will be discussed and substituted by the generative semiotic notion of "content". Then the structuralist semiotic notion of "...

This contribution gives an overview about different approaches to semantic spaces. It is not a exhaustive survey, but rather a personal view on different approaches which use metric spaces for the representation of meanings of linguistic units. The aim is to demonstrate the similarities of apparently different approaches and to inspire the generalisation of semantic spaces tailored to the repre...

This book provides a semiotic analysis of computer programs along three axes: models of signs, kinds of signs, and systems of signs. Since computer programs are well defined and rigid, applying semiotic theories to them will help to reorganize the semiotic theories themselves. Moreover, semiotic discussion of programming theory can provide possible explanations for why programming has developed...

We present an approach to agent modeling of socio-technical organizations based on the principles of semiotics. After reviewing complex systems theory and traditional Artificial Life (ALife) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches to agent-based modeling, we introduce the fundamental principles of semiotic agents as decision-making entities embedded in artificial environments and exchanging...

in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Semiotic Engineering Methods for Scientific Research in HCI. Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza. order to produce usable concepts, models and methods for the benefit of non-. research projects at the intersection between semiotics and HCI. In order to be of any scientific value, semiotic engineering must provide. www2.serg.inf.puc-rio...