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

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

FOIS (Conference), Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bennett, Brandon.

Fellbaum, Christiane.

Conference Name:

FOIS (Conference) (2006)

FOIS (Conference)

Series:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge representation (Information theory)--Congresses.

Knowledge representation (Information theory).

Conceptual structures (Information theory)--Congresses.

Conceptual structures (Information theory).

Ontology--Congresses.

Ontology.

Database design--Congresses.

Database design.

Expert systems (Computer science)--Congresses.

Expert systems (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

6610704848

1-280-70484-5

9786610704842

1-4294-5529-2

1-60750-211-9

600-00-0428-1

1-4337-0126-X

OCLC:

171560498

Publisher Number:

9781586036850