Observations, measurements and semantic reference spaces

Applied Ontology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 63-89

  Probst, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foundational ontology; Measurement theory; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013581065     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AO-2008-0046     Document Type: Article

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