Timely report production from WWW data sources

Marko Niinimaki; Tapio Niemi; Stephen Martin; Jyrki Nummenmaa; Peter Thanisch

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29231-6-15

Timely report production from WWW data sources

Marko Niinimaki, Tapio Niemi, Stephen Martin, Jyrki Nummenmaa, Peter Thanisch

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Abstract

In business intelligence, reporting is perceived by users as the most important area. Here, we present a case study of data integration for reporting within the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO produces Communicable Disease Epidemiological Profiles for emergency affected countries. Given the nature of emergencies, the production of these reports should be timely. In order to automate the production of the reports, we have introduced a method of integrating data from multiple sources by using the RDF (Resource Description Framework) format. The model of the data is described using an RDF ontology, making validation of the data from multiple sources possible. However, since RDF is highly technical, we have designed a graphical tool for the end user. The tool can be used to configure the data sources of a given report. After this, data for the report is generated from the sources. Finally, templates are used to generate the reports.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Workshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	184-195
Number of pages	12
Volume	106 LNBIP
ISBN (Print)	9783642292309
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29231-6-15
Publication status	Published - 2012
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 - Riga, Latvia Duration: 6 Oct 2011 → 8 Oct 2011

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	106 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	18651348

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011
Country/Territory	Latvia
City	Riga
Period	6/10/11 → 8/10/11

Keywords

Data integration
OLAP
ontology
RDF
XML

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Information Systems and Management
Information Systems
Modelling and Simulation
General Business,Management and Accounting

UN SDGs

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Niinimaki, M., Niemi, T., Martin, S., Nummenmaa, J., & Thanisch, P. (2012). Timely report production from WWW data sources. In Workshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 106 LNBIP, pp. 184-195). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 106 LNBIP). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29231-6-15

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Niinimaki, M, Niemi, T, Martin, S, Nummenmaa, J & Thanisch, P 2012, Timely report production from WWW data sources. in Workshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 106 LNBIP, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 106 LNBIP, Springer Verlag, pp. 184-195, 10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011, Riga, Latvia, 6/10/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29231-6-15

Timely report production from WWW data sources. / Niinimaki, Marko; Niemi, Tapio; Martin, Stephen et al.
Workshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 106 LNBIP Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 184-195 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 106 LNBIP).

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Niinimaki M, Niemi T, Martin S, Nummenmaa J, Thanisch P. Timely report production from WWW data sources. In Workshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 106 LNBIP. Springer Verlag. 2012. p. 184-195. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29231-6-15

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