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A note on the refinement of ontologies
Author(s) -
Antoniou Grigoris,
Kehagias Athanasios
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-111x(200007)15:7<623::aid-int3>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - ontology , computer science , interoperability , process ontology , upper ontology , formal ontology , ontology based data integration , key (lock) , software engineering , ontology components , ontology alignment , data science , knowledge management , world wide web , domain knowledge , computer security , epistemology , philosophy
Ontologies have emerged as one of the key issues in information integration and interoperability and in their application to knowledge management and electronic commerce. A trend towards formal methods for ontology management is obvious. This paper discusses a concept which can be expected to be of great importance to formal ontology management, and which is well‐known in traditional software development: refinement. We define and discuss ontology refinement, give illustrating examples, and highlight its advantages as compared to other forms of ontology revision. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.