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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824070803321

Titolo

Formal ontology in information systems [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Sixth International Conference (FOIS 2010) / / edited by Antony Galton and Riichiro Mizoguchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, 2010

ISBN

6612692839

1-282-69283-6

9786612692833

1-60750-535-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 p.)

Collana

Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, , 0922-6389 ; ; v. 209

Altri autori (Persone)

GaltonAntony

MizoguchiRiichiro

Disciplina

300.1

Soggetti

Ontology

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 Organization; Contents; Invited Talks; Fundamentals; Quality and Quantity; Applications I; Ontology Building; Biomedical and Chemical Ontologies I; Products and Functions; Verification and Evaluation; Applications II; Biomedical and Chemical Ontologies II; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ontology began life in ancient times as a fundamental part of philosophical enquiry concerned with the analysis and categorisation of what exists. In recent years, the subject has taken a practical turn with the advent of complex computerised information systems which are reliant on robust and coherent representations of their subject matter. The systematisation and elaboration of such representations and their associated reasoning techniques constitute the modern discipline of formal ontology, which is now being applied to such diverse domains as artificial intelligence, computational linguis