soul / 02-Apr-02
[ Semantics, Ontologies & UBL ]
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What can we learn from Ontologists when constructing UBL?  [1]
•Logical rigor, generality, reuse, modularity, refinement
•Useful for domain ontologies (UBL) to inherit middle, upper ontologies
•Don’t reinvent wheel 10 million times
•Ontology engineering: formal conceptual modeling & ontological analysis using principled semantic guidelines
•Ontology: shared vocabulary & meaning (& structure)