Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency

Maria Mora Rodriguez; Ghislain Auguste Atemezing; Chris Preist

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_40

Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency

Maria Mora Rodriguez, Ghislain Auguste Atemezing, Chris Preist

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Abstract

A new transparency model with more and better corporate data is necessary to promote sustainable economic growth. In particular, there is a need to link factors regarding non-nancial performance of corporations - such as social and environmental impacts, both positive and negative - into decision-making processes of investors and other stakeholders. To do this, we need to develop better ways to access and analyse corporate social, environmental and nancial performance information, and to link together insights from these dierent sources. Such sources are already on the web in non-structured and structured data formats, a big part of them in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). This study is about promoting solutions to drive eective transparency for a sustainable economy, given the current adoption of XBRL, and the new opportunities that Linked Data can oer. We present (1) a methodology to formalise XBRL as RDF using Linked data principles and (2) demonstrate its usefulness through a use case connecting and making the data accessible.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Semantic Web
Subtitle of host publication	14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	E Blomqvist, D Maynard, A Gangemi, A Hoekstra, P Hitzler, O Hartig
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	655-670
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319580685
ISBN (Print)	9783319580678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_40
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2017
Event	14th International Conference, ESWC 2017 - Portorož, Slovenia Duration: 28 May 2017 → 1 Jun 2017 Conference number: 14 http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	10249
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference, ESWC 2017
Abbreviated title	ESWC17
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Portorož
Period	28/05/17 → 1/06/17
Internet address	http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/

Keywords

XBRL
transparency
Linked Data
Open Government data
interoperability

UN SDGs

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Mora Rodriguez, M., Auguste Atemezing, G., & Preist, C. (2017). Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency. In E. Blomqvist, D. Maynard, A. Gangemi, A. Hoekstra, P. Hitzler, & O. Hartig (Eds.), The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I (pp. 655-670). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10249). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_40

Mora Rodriguez, Maria ; Auguste Atemezing, Ghislain ; Preist, Chris. / Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency. The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I. editor / E Blomqvist ; D Maynard ; A Gangemi ; A Hoekstra ; P Hitzler ; O Hartig. Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. pp. 655-670 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Mora Rodriguez, M, Auguste Atemezing, G & Preist, C 2017, Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency. in E Blomqvist, D Maynard, A Gangemi, A Hoekstra, P Hitzler & O Hartig (eds), The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10249, Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 655-670, 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, 28/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_40

Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency. / Mora Rodriguez, Maria; Auguste Atemezing, Ghislain; Preist, Chris.
The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / E Blomqvist; D Maynard; A Gangemi; A Hoekstra; P Hitzler; O Hartig. Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. p. 655-670 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10249).

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Mora Rodriguez M, Auguste Atemezing G, Preist C. Adopting Semantic Technologies for Efective Corporate Transparency. In Blomqvist E, Maynard D, Gangemi A, Hoekstra A, Hitzler P, Hartig O, editors, The Semantic Web: 14th International Conference, ESWC 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017, Proceedings, Part I. Springer International Publishing AG. 2017. p. 655-670. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_40

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