On using conceptual data modeling for ontology engineering

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2800, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-207

  Jarrar, Mustafa ^a   Demey, Jan ^a   Meersman, Robert ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conceptual data modeling; Context; DOGMA; DogmaModeler; Ontology; Ontology tools; ORM; ORM ML; Reusability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242308065     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39733-5_8     Document Type: Article

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