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Review for What is an upper level ontology?
on May 12, 2010 by Michel Dumontier in Peer Review, Comments (0)
This is a review of What is an upper level ontology? In this article, Robert nicely covers the different aspects that upper level ontologies need to consider to prescribe a […]
There is no “other” category: When to avoid “miscellaneous”
on April 20, 2010 by Duncan Hull in Under Review, Comments (0)
It is often tempting when describing a series of subclasses that you know are not exhaustive to add a class labelled as “Other” or “Miscellaneous”. This is generally seen to […]
Defining Definitions
on by Duncan Hull in Under Review, Comments (0)
Ontology can be thought of as the definition of entities in a domain of interest. It is useful, however, to talk about the word definition in a little more depth […]
Separating Concepts from Labels
on by Duncan Hull in Under Review, Comments (0)
When creating ontologies it is good practice to separate the concept (sic) and the label or term used to refer to that concept [1]. Take the category or class to […]
What is an upper level ontology?
on April 13, 2010 by roberthoehndorf in Reviewed, Under Review, Comments (2)
Abstract:Upper level ontologies are used to facilitate the semantic integration of domain ontologies and guide the development of new ontologies. For this purpose, they contain general categories that are […]
The overuse of is-a relation
on by larisasoldatova in Under Review, Comments (0)
Abstract The is-a relation is often overused by ontology developers. Also, the is-a relation sometimes is confused with other relations. This article explains why it may happen and how to […]
Considering the Process
on March 1, 2010 by phillord in Meta, Comments (0)
Introduction In this post, I want to address some of the issues raised by Sean Bechoffer in his thoughtful reflection. One of my aims with thinking about the knowledgeblog […]
Review of What is an ontology?
on February 24, 2010 by dosumis in Peer Review, Comments (0)
This is a review of What is an ontology? by Robert Stevens, Alan Rector and Duncan Hull This article could be split quite neatly in two articles. One is an […]
Back to Books: Researchers should be recognized for writing books to convey and develop science
on February 4, 2010 by Duncan Hull in Meta, Comments (0)
There is an interesting editorial on books [1] today in Nature, related to Ontogenesis and books. “Back to books: Researchers should be recognized for writing books to convey and develop […]
Registration Required
on February 1, 2010 by phillord in Meta, Comments (0)
Registration is now required for commenting due to the inevitable spam which has followed the first meeting. Unfortunately, this is not a “personal” blog, so I can’t use akismet without […]