Designing core ontologies

Applied Ontology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-221

  Scherp, Ansgar ^a   Saathoff, Carsten ^a   Franz, Thomas ^a   Staab, Steffen ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Core ontologies; ontology design approach; ontology design patterns; ontology interplay

Indexed keywords

AXIOMATIZATION; COMPLEX APPLICATIONS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FOUNDATIONAL ONTOLOGIES; HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION; KEY FACTORS; MULTIMEDIA ANNOTATIONS; ONTOLOGY DESIGN APPROACH; ONTOLOGY DESIGN PATTERNS; PATTERN-ORIENTED DESIGNS; PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SIMULTANEOUS USE; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE;

DESIGN; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84856465253     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AO-2011-0096     Document Type: Article

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