A formal ontology of artefacts

Applied Ontology

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 223-246

  Kassel, Gilles ^a  

^a Ufr des Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

Formal ontology; Function; Knowledge representation; Ontology of artefacts; Reification; Technical artefacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013605674     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AO-2010-0078     Document Type: Article

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