Reusing ontologies on the Semantic Web: A feasibility study

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 905-925

  Simperl, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Methodology; Ontology engineering; Ontology reuse; Requirements; Semantic Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; EHEALTH; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; KEY SUCCESS FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; REAL-WORLD; REQUIREMENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; REUSE PROCESS; SEMANTIC WEB ONTOLOGIES;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 69249216568     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.datak.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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