Roles are not classes: a reply to Nicola Guarino

Roles are not classes: a reply to Nicola Guarino

In this paper we reply to Nicola Guarino's comments on our article entitled “Using explicit ontologies in knowledge acquisition”. We concentrate on the issues raised by Guarino: (i) the existence of the interaction problem at the knowledge level, (ii) the nature of ontologies, and (iii) the uti...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of human-computer studies 1997-02, Vol.46 (2-3), p.311-318
Hauptverfasser: van Heijst, G., Schreiber, A.Th, Wielinga, B.J.
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Sprache:eng
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Knowledge based systems
Ontologies
Systems development
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper we reply to Nicola Guarino's comments on our article entitled “Using explicit ontologies in knowledge acquisition”. We concentrate on the issues raised by Guarino: (i) the existence of the interaction problem at the knowledge level, (ii) the nature of ontologies, and (iii) the utility of method ontologies. In our reply we attempt to distinguish between (mutual) misunderstandings, alternative viewpoints and true differences of opinion.
ISSN:1071-5819
1095-9300
DOI:10.1006/ijhc.1996.0092