Studying University as Social Systems Using the Viable System Model: mApp and Semantic Web Technologies at the Industrial University of SantanderFootnote^†

† This manuscript is the result of the research carried out at the Industrial University of Santander, in the Master's Degree in Systems and Computer Engineering (Colombia) revised with the valuable collaboration by Sonia Cristina Gamboa Sarmiento and Davide Di Fatta.

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