WHAT ARE MAIN CONCEPTS IN AN OWL DOMAIN ONTOLOGY?

Christian Kop

2009

Abstract

Whereas OWL is suitable for machine interpretation, it is hard to read for a human and it is hard to understand what the real focus of the ontology is. This paper will discuss if measures based on the ontology structure can help.

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Kop C. (2009). WHAT ARE MAIN CONCEPTS IN AN OWL DOMAIN ONTOLOGY? . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-012-2, pages 404-407. DOI: 10.5220/0002294204040407


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@conference{keod09,
author={Christian Kop},
title={WHAT ARE MAIN CONCEPTS IN AN OWL DOMAIN ONTOLOGY?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={404-407},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002294204040407},
isbn={978-989-674-012-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009)
TI - WHAT ARE MAIN CONCEPTS IN AN OWL DOMAIN ONTOLOGY?
SN - 978-989-674-012-2
AU - Kop C.
PY - 2009
SP - 404
EP - 407
DO - 10.5220/0002294204040407