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Ontologies in Computer Science: These New “Software Components” of Our Information Systems

Ontologies in Computer Science: These New “Software Components” of Our Information Systems

Fabien L. Gandon
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781615208593|ISBN10: 1615208593|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616922955|EISBN13: 9781615208609
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-859-3.ch001
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Gandon, Fabien L. "Ontologies in Computer Science: These New “Software Components” of Our Information Systems." Ontology Theory, Management and Design: Advanced Tools and Models, edited by Faiez Gargouri and Wassim Jaziri, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-859-3.ch001

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Gandon, F. L. (2010). Ontologies in Computer Science: These New “Software Components” of Our Information Systems. In F. Gargouri & W. Jaziri (Eds.), Ontology Theory, Management and Design: Advanced Tools and Models (pp. 1-26). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-859-3.ch001

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Gandon, Fabien L. "Ontologies in Computer Science: These New “Software Components” of Our Information Systems." In Ontology Theory, Management and Design: Advanced Tools and Models, edited by Faiez Gargouri and Wassim Jaziri, 1-26. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-859-3.ch001

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Abstract

Ironically the field of computer ontologies suffered a lot from ambiguity. The word ontology can be used and has been used with very different meanings attached to it. The authors will introduce in this chapter two faces of ontologies in computer science: (1) the ontology object: focusing on the nature and the characteristics of the ontology object, its core notions and its lifecycle. (2) ontology engineering: the branch of knowledge modeling that develops ontology-oriented computable models of some domain of knowledge, focusing here on the design rationale and the assisting tools.

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