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Ontological Approaches For Semantic Interoperability, Michael A. Zang, Jens G. Pohl
Ontological Approaches For Semantic Interoperability, Michael A. Zang, Jens G. Pohl
Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center
This paper provides a basic description of the concept of an ontology. It then describes how ontologies are structured and employed in the context of interfaces between software based information systems. This usage is discussed in the context of three successive levels of semantic interoperability between two example systems. The paper goes on to suggest that the interfaces between information systems should perhaps be viewed and implemented as systems themselves. The paper concludes by providing a brief summary of what was discussed.
The Emerging Knowledge Management Paradigm: Some Organizational And Technical Issues, Jens G. Pohl
The Emerging Knowledge Management Paradigm: Some Organizational And Technical Issues, Jens G. Pohl
Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center
This paper addresses the expectations, organizational implications, and information processing requirements, of the emerging knowledge management paradigm. A brief discussion of the enablement of the individual through the wide-spread availability of computer and communication facilities, is followed by a description of the structural evolution of organizations, and the architecture of a computer-based knowledge management system. The author discusses two trends that are driven by the treatment of information and knowledge as a commodity: increased concern for the management and exploitation of knowledge within organizations; and, the creation of an organizational environment that facilitates the acquisition, sharing and application of knowledge. …
The Knowledge Level Approach To Intelligent Information System Design, Michael A. Zang, Jens G. Pohl
The Knowledge Level Approach To Intelligent Information System Design, Michael A. Zang, Jens G. Pohl
Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center
Traditional approaches to building intelligent information systems employ an ontology to define a representational structure for the data and information of interest within the target domain of the system. At runtime, the ontology provides a constrained template for the creation of the individual objects and relationships that together define the state of the system at a given point in time. The ontology also provides a vocabulary for expressing domain knowledge typically in the form of rules (declarative knowledge) or methods (procedural knowledge). The system utilizes the encoded knowledge, often in conjunction user input, to progress the state of the system …