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DLOG
2010
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Multiple distributed and modular ontology representation frameworks have recently appeared. They typically extend Description Logics (DL), with new constructs to represent relation...
AI
2008
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Springer
Modularization entails more efficient reasoning and better performance in the ontology manipulation process. Therefore, the development of modular ontologies has recently received ...
DLOG
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
We develop a formal framework for modular ontologies by analysing four notions of conservative extensions and their applications in refining, re-using, merging, and segmenting ont...
KCAP
2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2003
ACM
Modularity is a key requirement for large ontologies in order to achieve re-use, maintainability, and evolution. Mechanisms for ‘normalisation’ to achieve analogous aims are s...
JURIX
2007
13 years 6 months ago
2007
Abstract. In this paper, we present a new ontology-based formalism for representing patent information. The framework defines concepts and relations for the major aspects of paten...