Managing ontologies: A comparative study of ontology servers

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 63, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-22

  Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir ^a   Colomb, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ontology; Ontology server; Ontology tool

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEX INFORMATION; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; ONTOLOGY SERVER; ONTOLOGY TOOLS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84872865941     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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