Ontology: Its transformation from philosophy to information systems

Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Collected Papers from the Second International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 187-197

  Zúñiga, Gloria L ^a  

^a Acton Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Description; Information Systems; Ontology; Ontology of Information Systems; Philosophy; Representation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY;

ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0035789235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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