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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arp, Robert, author.

Smith, Barry, 1952- author.

Spear, Andrew D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontologies (Information retrieval).

Semantic networks (Information theory).

Medical informatics.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. -- Edited summary from book.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32959-X

0-262-32958-1

OCLC:

915940052