A Comparison of Four Ontologies for the Design of Legal Knowledge Systems

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-57

  Visser, Pepijn R S ^a   Bench Capon, Trevor J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

LEGAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032028313     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008251913710     Document Type: Article

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