What are ontologies good for?

Evolution of Semantic Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-188

  Horrocks, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

AUTOMATED REASONING; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FORMALISATION; FUNDAMENTAL BRANCHES; LOGICAL THEORIES; ONTOLOGY DESIGN; ONTOLOGY-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT CARE;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 84908699839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34997-3     Document Type: Chapter

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