THOUGHTS ABOUT STRUCTURALIZATION, SPECIALIZATION, INSTANTIATION, AND METAIZATION

Lothar Hotz, Stephanie von Riegen

2011

Abstract

In knowledge engineering, ontology creation, and especially in knowledge-based configuration often used relations are: aggregate relations (has-parts, here called structural relations), specialization relation (is-a), and instantiation (instance-of). A combination of the later is called metaization, which denotes the use of multiple instantiation layers. Structural and specialization relations are mainly used for organizing the knowledge represented on one layer. Instantiation layers model different kind of knowledge, i.e. knowledge about sets, individuals, and knowledge about knowledge (metaknowledge). By applying reasoning techniques on each layer, reasoning on metaknowledge is enabled.

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Hotz L. and von Riegen S. (2011). THOUGHTS ABOUT STRUCTURALIZATION, SPECIALIZATION, INSTANTIATION, AND METAIZATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-80-5, pages 457-460. DOI: 10.5220/0003666504570460


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@conference{keod11,
author={Lothar Hotz and Stephanie von Riegen},
title={THOUGHTS ABOUT STRUCTURALIZATION, SPECIALIZATION, INSTANTIATION, AND METAIZATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={457-460},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003666504570460},
isbn={978-989-8425-80-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2011)
TI - THOUGHTS ABOUT STRUCTURALIZATION, SPECIALIZATION, INSTANTIATION, AND METAIZATION
SN - 978-989-8425-80-5
AU - Hotz L.
AU - von Riegen S.
PY - 2011
SP - 457
EP - 460
DO - 10.5220/0003666504570460