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What are ontologies, and why do we need them?
Abstract
This survey provides a conceptual introduction to ontologies and their role in information systems and AI. The authors also discuss how ontologies clarify the domain's structure of knowledge and enable knowledge sharing.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chandrasekaran, B., Josephson, J. R., & Benjamins, V. R.
- Venue
- IEEE Intelligent Systems
- Published
- 1999-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 20-26
- ISSN
- 1094-7167 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2103103282
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- 1,673
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- FWCI
- 53.30
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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