An interface-based ontology modularization framework for knowledge encapsulation

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

Volumn 5318 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 517-532

  Ensan, Faezeh ^a   Du, Weichang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; ONTOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE BASIS; MODULAR ONTOLOGIES; ONTOLOGY MODULARIZATION; REAL-WORLD DESIGNS; REASONERS;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 57349097715     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88564-1_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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