We describe ONIONS, a methodology for integrating ontologically-heterogeneous taxonomic knowledge and its current application to medical domain. Some clarification is given of our intended meaning of ontology and related notions, then main problems of ontology design are addressed, with a short comparison with alternative approaches. The methodology is described as a sequence of phases. The top-level of the current integrated ontology of heterogeneous medical taxonomies is presented in an order-sorted logic. ...
ONIONS: An ontological methodology for taxonomic knowledge integration
Aldo Gangemi;
1996
Abstract
We describe ONIONS, a methodology for integrating ontologically-heterogeneous taxonomic knowledge and its current application to medical domain. Some clarification is given of our intended meaning of ontology and related notions, then main problems of ontology design are addressed, with a short comparison with alternative approaches. The methodology is described as a sequence of phases. The top-level of the current integrated ontology of heterogeneous medical taxonomies is presented in an order-sorted logic. ...File in questo prodotto:
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