We present the details of a methodology for quality assurance in large medical terminologies and describe three algorithms that can help terminology developers and users to identify potential mistakes. The methodology is based in part on linguistic criteria and in part on logical and ontological principles governing sound classifications. We conclude by outlining the results of applying the met...

Intelligence in an ITS authoring system could rely on content-based engineering of instructional design (ID) knowledge, i.e. based on principles such as conceptualization, standardization and theory -awareness. An ontology based architecture with appropriate ontologies has been proposed for a theoryaware ITS authoring system. Ontological engineering (OE) as a collaborative process jointly condu...

This paper proposes an ontological account of a recent model of software engineering: emergent design. This model augments traditional software design approaches by accounting for incremental and unexpected modifications of the design state space. We show that the principles of emergent design are consistent with a model of designing as a reflective conversation. We use the situated function-be...

EuroWordNet is a multilingual lexical database constructed in the wake of WordNet. The ontological structure of the language-dependent layers, analogous to individual WordNets, through the semantic space of the interlingual index and abstract framework of the top level ontologies are examined. The semantic nature of the interlingual lexicon is examined as it applies to Gruber’s principles for t...

(1) God exists in the understanding but not in reality. (Supposition) (2) Existence in reality is greater than existence in the understanding alone. (Premise) (3) God’s existence in reality is conceivable. (Premise) (4) If God did exist in reality, then he would be greater than he is (from (1) and (2)). (5) It is conceivable that there be a being greater than God is (from (3) and (4)). (6) It i...

For more than 20 years, researchers have designed models in order to describe swarm intelligence and apply the resulting techniques to complex problems. However, there is still a gap between these models and current MAS methodologies. The goal of this paper is to propose a principled and methodological approach for the engineering of systems based upon swarm intelligence. The constraints are, o...

Concept development is a significant form of inquiry to expand and develop the knowledge base in caring science. The authors’ aim in this article is to illuminate the possibility of working with concept development, based on a life world perspective, especially Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of language, wherein phenomenological, semiological, and pragmatic dimensions are included. The theoretical ...

This thesis presents the Situation-Based Modeling Framework for Enterprise Architecture. This framework improves system modeling by making models more systemic and, therefore, making reasoning about these models easier. The context of this thesis is Enterprise Architecture (EA). EA enables enterprises to anticipate or react to necessary business or technical changes. EA models have to represent...

When the size of an ontology increases, it becomes hard to be managed. Ontology view extraction is an approach that can be used for overcoming the challenges that arise in this scenario. In this context, an ontology view is a subset of an ontology tailored to a specific set of user requirements. Well-founded ontology views were recently proposed as ontology views that follow well-founded ontolo...

Perhaps the most fundamental notion underlying the desiderata for a successful Semantic Web is Semantic Interoperability. In this context, ontologies have been more and more recognized as one of the enabling technologies. This paper defends the view that an approach which neglects the role of ontologies as reference conceptual models cannot meet the requirements for full semantic interoperabili...