Collaborative Ontology Construction for Information Integration

Citation: Adam Farquhar and Richard Fikes and Wanda Pratt and James Rice. (1995) Collaborative Ontology Construction for Information Integration. In KSL-95-63, August,1995.

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author	Adam Farquhar and Richard Fikes and Wanda Pratt and James Rice
title	Collaborative Ontology Construction for Information Integration
number	KSL-95-63
institution	Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory
address	Stanford, CA, USA
year	1995
month	August
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abstract	Information integration is enabled by having a precisely defined common terminology. We call this combination of terminology and definitions an ontology. We have developed a set of tools and services to support the process of achieving consensus on such a common shared ontologies by geographically distributed groups. These tools make use of the world-wide web to enable wide access and provide users with the ability to publish, browse, create, and edit ontologies stored on an ontology server. Users can quickly assemble a new ontology from a library of modules. We discuss how our system was constructed,how it exploits existing protocols and browsing tools, and our experience supporting hundreds of users. We describe applications using our tools to achieve consensus on ontologies and to integrate information.

KSL Technical Report ID: KSL-95-63

Abstract	Information integration is enabled by havi … Information integration is enabled by having a precisely defined common terminology. We call this combination of terminology and definitions an ontology. We have developed a set of tools and services to support the process of achieving consensus on such a common shared ontologies by geographically distributed groups. These tools make use of the world-wide web to enable wide access and provide users with the ability to publish, browse, create, and edit ontologies stored on an ontology server. Users can quickly assemble a new ontology from a library of modules. We discuss how our system was constructed,how it exploits existing protocols and browsing tools, and our experience supporting hundreds of users. We describe applications using our tools to achieve consensus on ontologies and to integrate information. n ontologies and to integrate information.
Address	Stanford, CA, USA +
Author	Adam Farquhar and Richard Fikes and Wanda Pratt and James Rice +
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Has title	Collaborative Ontology Construction for Information Integration +
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Has year	1995 +
Institution	Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory +
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Title	Collaborative Ontology Construction for Information Integration +
Year	1995 +