The role of ontologies in creating and maintaining corporate knowledge: A case study from the aero industry

Applied Ontology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-172

  Sleeman, Derek ^a   Ajit, Suraj ^a   Fowler, David W ^a   Knott, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application conditions; Constraints; Maintenance; Ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013580610     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AO-2008-0050     Document Type: Article

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