ACIS Group, RWTH Aachen University

Social Software and Community information systems are a combination of work practices, information, people, digital media theories organized in a way that they support the goals of the community. Metadata in community information systems stabilize the ongoing change management process in these systems. The research goal of the Advanced Community Information Systeme group ACIS is a better understanding of the creation, use, and maintenance of metadata in the context of social software and community systems. Metadata are based on international standards in different domains like audio-visual media retrieval and processing, technology enhanced learning, cultural heritage, and geographical information systems.