Towards Ontology Language Customization

Heiner Stuckenschmidt
2001 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence  
It has been argued that intelligent applications benefit from the use of ontologies encoding background knowledge about the structure of a domain and the meaning of terms occurring therein. Prominent examples can be found in the following application areas: Systems Engineering: The use of ontologies for the description of information and systems has many benefits. The ontology can be used to identify requirements as well as inconsistencies in a chosen design. It can help to acquire or search
more » ... available information. Once a systems component has been implemented its specification can be used for maintenance and extension purposes.
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