ONTOLOGIES

• ONTOLOGY DEFINED AS: SPECIFICATION OF A CONCEPTUALIZATION

• TOOLS' SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE FOR AN APPLICATION AREA: GOOD IF BASED ON A COMPACT ONTOLOGY FOR THE AREA
  • ONTOLOGY CODIFIED BY OODB SCHEMA: COMPLETE & MINIMAL

  • COMPLETE: DB ALLOWS POSING & ANSWERING ALL WELL FORMED QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICATION AREA

• NEXT WE NEED TO FORMULATE AN ONTOLOGY FOR THE AEC COMMUNITY

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Ugo O. Gagliardi
GSD-2317 Spring 2005-2006