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Title:
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NEGLECTING SEMANTIC RELATIONS: CONSEQUENCES AND PROPOSALS |
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Author(s):
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Francisco Alvarez Montero , Antonio Vaquero Sánchez , Fernando Sáenz Pérez , Manuel De Buenaga Rodríguez |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-39-3 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis, Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao (series editors:Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Semantic Relations, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Ontologies, Algebraic Properties, Intrinsic Properties |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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99 |
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Last Page:
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108 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Semantic relations are an important element in the construction of ontologies and models of problem domains.
Nevertheless, they remain under-specified. This is a pervasive problem in Software Engineering and Artificial
Intelligence. Thus, we find semantic links that can have multiple interpretations in wide-coverage ontologies, semantic
data models with abstractions that are not enough to capture the relation richness of problem domains, and improperly
structured taxonomies. However, if relations are provided with precise semantics, some of these problems can be
avoided, and meaningful operations can be performed on them. In this paper, we present some insightful issues about the
modeling, representation and usage of relations including the available taxonomy structuring methodologies as well as
the initiatives aiming to provide relations with precise semantics. Moreover, we explain and propose the control of
relations as a key issue for the coherent construction of ontologies. |
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