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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798070203321

Autore

Arp Robert

Titolo

Building ontologies with basic formal ontology / / by Robert Arp, Barry Smith, and Andrew D. Spear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

©2015

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-32959-X

0-262-32958-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

006.3/32

Soggetti

Ontologies (Information retrieval)

Semantic networks (Information theory)

Medical informatics

Information storage and retrieval systems

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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 What Is an Ontology?; 2 Kinds of Ontologies and the Role of Taxonomies; 3 Principles of Best Practice I: Domain Ontology Design; 4 Principles of Best Practice II: Terms, Definitions, and Classification; 5 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology I: Continuants; 6 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology II: Occurrents; 7 The Ontology of Relations; 8 Basic Formal Ontology at Work; Appendix on Implementation: Languages, Editors, Reasoners,  Browsers, Tools for Reuse; Glossary

Web Links Mentioned in the Text Including Ontologies, Research  Groups, Software, and Reasoning ToolsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing an introduction to the field of applied ontology that is of particular relevance to biomedicine, this thorough book covers theoretical components of ontologies, best practices for ontology design, and examples of biomedical ontologies in use. --