Applied ontology : an introduction / [edited by] Katherine Munn, Barry Smith
(Metaphysical research ; ; Bd. 9)
Material Type | E-Book |
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Publisher | Frankfurt : Piscataway, NJ : Ontos Verlag ; |
Year | ©2008 |
Language | English |
Size | 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations |
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Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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Notes | Ontology is the philosophical discipline which aims to understand how things in the world are divided into categories and how these categories are related together. This is exactly what information scientists aim for in creating structured, automated representations, called 'ontologies, ' for managing information in fields such as science, government, industry, and healthcare. Currently, these systems are designed in a variety of different ways, so they cannot share data with one another. They are often idiosyncratically structured, accessible only to those who created them, and unable to serve Open Access Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2013) |
Authors | Munn, Katherine, Smith, Barry, 1952- |
Subjects | BSH:Aufsatzsammlung BSH:Electronic books LCSH:Ontology LCSH:Bioinformatics LCSH:Ontologies (Information retrieval) BISACSH:PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics All Subject Search FREE:Bioinformatics FREE:Ontologies (Information retrieval) FREE:Ontology FREE:Ontologie (filosofie) FREE:Ontologie FREE:Ontologie |
Classification | DC22:111 |
ID | ED00002201 |
ISBN | 9783110324860 |