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Ontological realism: A methodology for coordinated evolution of scientific ontologies. 本体论现实主义：科学本体论协调演化的方法论。

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2010-11-15 DOI: 10.3233/AO-2010-0079

Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters

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A formal ontology of artefacts 工件的形式化本体

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2010-08-01 DOI: 10.5555/1889917.1889918

KasselGilles

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Representing the NCI Thesaurus in OWL DL: Modeling tools help modeling languages. 在OWL DL中表示NCI同义词库:建模工具帮助建模语言。

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2008-01-01 DOI: 10.3233/AO-2008-0051

Natalya F Noy, Sherri de Coronado, Harold Solbrig, Gilberto Fragoso, Frank W Hartel, Mark A Musen

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Ontological foundations for conceptual modelling 概念建模的本体论基础

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2008-01-01 DOI: 10.3233/AO-2008-0046

Giancarlo Guizzardi, Terry A. Halpin

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AEON --An approach to the automatic evaluation of ontologies AEON——一种自动评估本体的方法

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2008-01-01 DOI: 10.3233/AO-2008-0048

Johanna Völker, Denny Vrandečić, York Sure, A. Hotho

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Roles, players and adaptable organizations 角色、参与者和适应性强的组织

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Applied Ontology Pub Date : 2007-04-01 DOI: 10.5555/1412401.1412404

ColmanAlan, Han-jun

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