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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450845503321

Titolo

Formal ontology in information systems [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the fourth international conference (FOIS 2006) / / edited by Brandon Bennett, Christiane Fellbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, 2006

ISBN

6610704848

1-280-70484-5

9786610704842

1-4294-5529-2

1-60750-211-9

600-00-0428-1

1-4337-0126-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Collana

Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications / FAIA ; ; v. 150

Altri autori (Persone)

BennettBrandon

FellbaumChristiane

Disciplina

006.3/32

Soggetti

Knowledge representation (Information theory)

Conceptual structures (Information theory)

Ontology

Database design

Expert systems (Computer science)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Preface; Conference Organisation; Contents; Invited Talks; Foundations and Methodology; Space and Mereology; Ontology in Biology and Biochemistry; Actions and Events; General Ontological Issues; Linking and Merging Ontologies; Maintaining and Exploiting Ontologies; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aims to provide a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a unified effort towards solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both theoretical issues and concrete applications. This book contains a range of areas, all of which are important to the



development of formal ontologies.