Upper Ontology: Fundamentals and Applications
About this eBook
In the field of information science, an upper ontology is defined as an ontology that is made up of extremely general terms that are shared by all different types of domains. An important role of an upper ontology is to support broad semantic interoperability among a large number of domain-specific ontologies by offering a common beginning point for the formation of definitions. This is accomplished by giving a starting point that is shared by all of the ontologies in question. The terms in the domain ontology are ranked lower than the terms in the upper ontology; for instance, the classes in the upper ontology are either superclasses or supersets of all of the classes in the domain ontologies.
How You Will Benefit
(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:
Chapter 1: Upper ontology
Chapter 2: Ontology (computer science)
Chapter 3: Knowledge representation and reasoning
Chapter 4: Ontology language
Chapter 5: Ontology engineering
Chapter 6: Semantic interoperability
Chapter 7: Ontology-based data integration
Chapter 8: Formal ontology
Chapter 9: General formal ontology
Chapter 10: Information model
(II) Answering the public top questions about upper ontology.
(III) Real world examples for the usage of upper ontology in many fields.
(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of upper ontology' technologies.
Who This Book Is For
Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of upper ontology.
