Applied Ontology. An Introduction

Ontology is the philosophical discipline which aims to understand how things in the world are divided into categories and how these categories are related together. This is exactly what information scientists aim for in creating structured, automated representations, called 'ontologies,' f...

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Main Author: Smith, Barry (auth)
Other Authors: Munn, Katherine (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2013
Series:Metaphysical Research
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