Upper Ontology: Fundamentals and Applications

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.