The double role of ontologies in information science research

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 786-793

  Fonseca, Frederico ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; ENGINEERING ARTIFACTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 34247113779     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20565     Document Type: Article

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