Applied Ontology - An Introduction (Hardcover)

Ontology is the philosophical discipline which aims to understand how things in the world are divided into categories and how these categories are related together. This is exactly what information scientists aim for in creating structured, automated representations, called 'ontologies,' for managing information in fields such as science, government, industry, and healthcare. Currently, these systems are designed in a variety of different ways, so they cannot share data with one another. They are often idiosyncratically structured, accessible only to those who created them, and unable to serve as inputs for automated reasoning. This volume shows, in a non-technical way and using examples from medicine and biology, how the rigorous application of theories and insights from philosophical ontology can improve the ontologies upon which information management depends.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Metaphysical Research
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Katherine Munn • Barry Smith
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	342
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-032450-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Promotions
LSN:	3-11-032450-4
Barcode:	9783110324501

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