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Ontologies and knowledge bases: Towards a terminological clarification (1995)
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| Venue: | Towards very Large Knowledge bases: Knowledge Building and Knowledge sharing |
| Citations: | 310 - 13 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Guarino95ontologiesand,
author = {Nicola Guarino and Pierdaniele Giaretta},
title = {Ontologies and knowledge bases: Towards a terminological clarification},
booktitle = {Towards very Large Knowledge bases: Knowledge Building and Knowledge sharing},
year = {1995},
pages = {25--32},
publisher = {IOS Press}
}
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Abstract
The word “ontology ” has recently gained a good popularity within the knowledge engineering community. However, its meaning tends to remain a bit vague, as the term is used in very different ways. Limiting our attention to the various proposals made in the current debate in AI, we isolate a number of interpretations, which in our opinion deserve a suitable clarification. We elucidate the implications of such various interpretations, arguing for the need of clear terminological choices regarding the technical use of terms like “ontology”, “conceptualization ” and “ontological commitment”. After some comments on the use “Ontology ” (with the capital “o”) as a term which denotes a philosophical discipline, we analyse the possible confusion between an ontology intended as a particular conceptual framework at the knowledge level and an ontology intended as a concrete artifact at the symbol level, to be used for a given purpose. A crucial point in this clarification effort is the careful analysis of Gruber’ s definition of an ontology as a specification of a conceptualization. 1
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terminological clarification knowledge base possible confusion suitable clarification various proposal careful analysis good popularity various interpretation concrete artifact current debate clear terminological choice different way knowledge level philosophical discipline crucial point word ontology technical use symbol level gruber definition knowledge engineering community use ontology clarification effort ontological commitment particular conceptual framework
