Abstract vs. social roles - towards a general theoretical account of roles

Applied Ontology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-158

  Loebe, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Roles; Social roles; Top level ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013577244     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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