Author

Contributions

  • Studer, Rudi - Contributor

Publication

2004 - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Language

English

Word Count

165,000 words, Guess

Page Count

660 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivehandbookonontolo00baad
  • ISBN-103662119579
  • ISBN-103540247505
  • ISBN-139783662119570
  • ISBN-139783540247500
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC650
  • LCCHF54.5-54.56
  • LCCQA76.76.A65

Description

An ontology is a description (like a formal specification of a program) of concepts and relationships that can exist for an agent or a community of agents. The concept is important for the purpose of enabling knowledge sharing and reuse. The Handbook on Ontologies provides a comprehensive overview of the current status and future prospectives of the field of ontologies. The handbook demonstrates standards that have been created recently, it surveys methods that have been developed and it shows how to bring both into practice of ontology infrastructures and applications that are the best of their kind.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • International Handbooks on Information Systems

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