Towards a consistent logical framework for ontological analysis

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

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 244-255

  Kaplan, Aaron N ^a  

^a XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE EUROPE   (France)

Author keywords

Ontology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SEMANTICS;

ONTOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EID: 0035789884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/505168.505192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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