Using ontologies in software engineering and technology

Ontologies for Software Engineering and Software Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 49-102

  Ruiz, Francisco ^a   Hilera, José R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-34518-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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