ArticlesAn approach for ontology development and assessment using a quality framework

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-276

  Rao, Lila ^a   Reichgelt, Han ^b   Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^c  

^a The University of the West Indies   (Jamaica)

^b SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems; Knowledge acquisition; Ontology; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149088482     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2009.12     Document Type: Article

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