This paper presents the Kuaba Ontology, a knowledge representation model for Design Rationale described in an ontology definition language. The representation of this model in a specific ontologies specification language, such as OWL or F-Logic, allows attributing semantics to recorded Design Rationale content, and defining rules that enable performing computable operations to support the use o...

In this paper we present a foundational as well as generative ontology which is graph-based. We use a form called punctuator which is non-propositional and also non-settheoretic to build our system – Neo-Vaiśesika Formal Ontology. The idea is to present an ontological language which is formal. This language is a set of potentially infinite sentences (graphs) whose structure is captured by a fi...

The paper describes the main principles of development and current state of Linguistic Ontology on Natural Sciences and Technology intended for information-retrieval tasks. In the development of the ontology we combined three different methodologies: development of information-retrieval thesauri, development of wordnets, formal ontology research. Combination of these methodologies allows us to ...

Make information on the Web machine-processable Develop a vocabulary of a domain—an ontology Annotate information by ontology terms BENEFITS Implicit meaning in the data is made explicit Formal semantics of the ontology language can be used to explicate implicit information

This paper outlines a project (involving FAO, SIFAR, and CNR) aiming at building a formal ontology in the fishery domain. The ontology will support semantic interoperability among existing fishery information systems and will enhance information extraction and text marking, envisaging a fishery semantic web. The ontology is being built through the conceptual integration of existing fishery term...

The paper presents an approach to the analysis of the domain ontology and the criterion of the method of analysis based on relations on arcs of the formal context. The approach allows to evaluate the completeness of ontology relations. We used a lattice of concepts to analyze the relations of ontology.

In this note we propose a novel methodology for designing Ontology Management Systems architecture, which grounds on an ontology representation based on probabilistic Graphical Models. By discussing about troubles with ontology as tool for managing knowledge, formal assumptions about semantics definition and representations rise, turning out an original architecture that will be presented and dis-

An ontology is an explicit formal conceptualization of some domain of interest. Ontologies are increasingly used in various fields such as knowledge management, information extraction, and the semantic web. Ontology evaluation is the problem of assessing a given ontology from the point of view of a particular criterion of application, typically in order to determine which of several ontologies ...

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) techniques have become increasingly popular in recent years and are able to incorporate and develop ontology model within the classification process. They have been claimed to represent a paradigm shift in remote sensing interpretation. Nevertheless, it is lack of formal expression and objective modelling of the whole process of GEOBIA, and lack o...

Since ontology was put forward by Neches and Fikes in 1991, the research on ontology is becoming increasingly matured after more than 10 years development. Although usages on concepts and terms related with ontology do not keep completely identical, the agreement of actual use has emerged. Most researches are concentrated on theoretic in current ontology research, while practical application of...