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	Ontology (computer science) - Wikinfo
		In computer science, an ontology is the attempt to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema within a given domain, a typically hierarchical data structure containing all the relevant entities and their relationships and rules (theorems, regulations) within that domain.
		The purpose of a computational ontology is not to specify what does or does not 'exist', but to create a database, which is a human artifact, containing concepts referring to entities of interest to the ontologist, and which will be useful in performing certain types of computations.
		Computer programs can use an ontology for a variety of purposes including inductive reasoning, classification, a variety of problem solving techniques, as well as to facilitate communication and sharing of information between different systems.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ontology_(computer_science) (2281 words)

	Ontology (computer science) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In computer science, an ontology is the attempt to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema within a given domain, a typically hierarchical data structure containing all the relevant entities and their relationships and rules (theorems, regulations) within that domain.
		The computer science usage of the term ontology is derived from the much older usage of the term in philosophy, where it means the study of being or existence as well as the basic categories thereof.
		The purpose of a computational ontology is not to specify what does or does not 'exist', but to create a database, which is a human artifact, containing concepts referring to entities of interest to the ontologist, and which will be useful in performing certain types of computations.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/o/on/ontology__computer_science_.html (1017 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Ontology (computer science) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The computer science usage of the term ontology is derived from the much older usage of the term ontology in philosophy.
		A computer science example is that, by default, all computer programs have a foundation ontology consisting of a processor instruction set, standard library in a programming language, files in accessible file systems, or some other list of 'what exists'.
		The purpose of a computational ontology is not to specify what does or does not 'exist', but to create a database containing concepts referring to entities of interest to the ontologist, and which will be useful in performing certain types of computations.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Ontology_(computer_science).html (2709 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Ontology (computer science) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In computer science, an ontology is the attempt to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema within a given domain, a typically hierarchical data structure containing all the relevant entities and their relationships and rules within that domain.
		Ontologies are commonly used in artificial intelligence and knowledge representation.
		Computer programs can use an ontology for a variety of purposes including inductive reasoning, classification, a variety of problem solving techniques, as well as to facilitate communication and sharing of information between different systems.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/on/Ontology_(computer_science) (305 words)

	What is an Ontology? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In such an ontology, definitions associate the names of entities in the universe of discourse (e.g., classes, relations, functions, or other objects) with human-readable text describing what the names mean, and formal axioms that constrain the interpretation and well-formed use of these terms.
		In short, a commitment to a common ontology is a guarantee of consistency, but not completeness, with respect to queries and assertions using the vocabulary defined in the ontology.
		Ontologies are also not limited to conservative definitions, that is, definitions in the traditional logic sense that only introduce terminology and do not add any knowledge about the world (Enderton, 1972).
	www-ksl.stanford.edu /kst/what-is-an-ontology.html (865 words)

	Ontology (computer science) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a domain and is used to reason about the objects in that domain and the relations between them.
		An ontology language is a formal language used to encode the ontology.
		Cyc for formal representation of the universe of discourse.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontology_(computer_science) (1697 words)

	Ontology : search word
		For the term in computer science, see ontology (computer science).'' ---- In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek ων = being and λόγος = word/speech) is the most fundamental branch of metaphysics.
		Aristotle described ontology as "the science of being qua being".
		According to this theory, then, ontology is the science of being with regard to the aspect of being, or the study of beings insofar as they exist.
	www.searchword.org /on/ontology.html (1053 words)

	Foundation ontology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In computer science jargon, a foundation ontology or upper ontology is a hierarchy of entities and associated rules (both theorems and regulations) that attempts to describe those general entities that do not belong to a specific problem domain.
		In philosophy of mathematics, a foundation ontology is an ontology in the formal philosophical sense that is deemed to play a role in the foundations of mathematics.
		Hilary Putnam made the distinction in 1975, arguing that one could believe in a realist philosophy of mathematical foundations without also accepting Plato's ontology or his sacred geometry, thus the labels "Platonist" and "realist" were not to be held equivalent.
	www.centipedia.com /index.php?title=Foundation_ontology (181 words)

	Jeff Heflin
		Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Maryland, 2001.
		M.S. in Computer Science, University of Maryland, 1999.
		B.S. in Computer Science, The College of William and Mary, 1992.
	www.cse.lehigh.edu /~heflin (1110 words)

	ONTOLOGY WORKS INC. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bill holds degrees in Russian Studies and Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and in 2001-2002 was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.
		Beth Huffer is an Ontology Consultant at Ontology Works, Inc. She has a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
		Prior to joining Ontology Works, she worked in applied ontology at Cycorp, Inc., where she was responsible for developing ontologies of agency, actions, events, plans and scripts, especially in connection with various DARPA-sponsored projects such as High Powered Knowledge Base Systems, Command Post of the Future and Rapid Knowledge Formation.
	www.ontologyworks.com /team.php (723 words)

	My Blog
		I can't help quoting Edsger Dijkstra: "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." I know that...
		For me, computer science is about discovering and creating beautiful and exciting things - from algorithms to virtual worlds.
		His father is a professor of computer science - so he was among the lucky once who grew up knowing all the concepts the rest of us have to study hard.
	www.lordofthewebs.com /blog (5398 words)

	Call for Papers: Philosophy of Computer Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Timothy Colburn (2003) suggested that the PCS is concerned with philosophical investigation at a level in which questions of knowledge (epistemology), existence (ontology), and value (ethics) are posed within the context of computer science.
		The earliest computing 'scientists' were mathematicians who developed automata theories, investigated the notion of computability and produced a well-founded vocabulary for computing (e.g., complexity, see Urquhart 2004).
		“Is computing an experimental science?” Text of the inaugural lecture of the laboratory on for foundations of computer science.
	pcs.essex.ac.uk /ecap06/cfp.html (1186 words)

	What is an ontology
		Ontology is a field of Philosophy concerned with the "nature of existence." It's practice dates unequivocally to Aristotle, however the name is roughly three centuries old.
		In Computer Science, "an ontology" is usually defined as "a specification of a conceptualization." One might easily ask what that means, and I will describe it in more detail, however I should point out that the growing popularity of the term has of course diluted its original intent.
		While philosophers have been talking about this for hundreds of years, computer systems have made the problem more pressing, since they encode a conceptualization of one person or group, and typically are very brittle with respect to making it clear what conceptualization has been encoded, and tolerating other conceptualizations.
	www.uvm.edu /~edow/ontology.htm (1338 words)

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		In the discussion that follows, concept is used to describe an entity at the ontology (conceptual) level, word at the dictionary level and node at the representation level; similarly for relationship, link and edge with respect to entity associations.
		Ontology Queries The ontology generated is in excess of 21,000 nodes (after matching).
		Evaluation was conducted by examining the distance in the ontology between a concept and its parents in the thesaurus.
	www.cs.usyd.edu.au /~tapted/files/may7_mecurio.doc (6515 words)

	Computer Science Department Ontology 1.1 (draft)
		Some of the ontology components listed here are deprecated, meaning that they are only provided for backward compatbility with version 1.0 of the ontology and should not be used in new documents.
		An ontology may rename elements from another ontology in order to provide a shortcut for referencing that element or to provide an alternate term for it.
		Some of the ontology components listed previously are deprecated, meaning that they are only provided for backward compatbility with version 1.0 of the ontology and should not be used in new documents.
	www.cs.umd.edu /projects/plus/SHOE/onts/cs1.1.html (612 words)

	MA IN ONTOLOGY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
		The Department of Philosophy of the University at Buffalo is an international center of ontological research and is involved in collaborative projects with ontologists throughout the world, including the IEEE Standard Upper Ontology Project and the GOL (General Ontological Language) Project of the University of Leipzig.
		Ontological research in Buffalo is currently centered on the ontological foundations of geographic information science, on the ontology of artifacts, and on related topics in applied ontology.
		Interactions among the university’s professional schools and its arts and sciences faculties, especially in cross-disciplinary research centers, give graduate and professional education at the University at Buffalo a particular richness and depth.
	ontology.buffalo.edu /ma.html (753 words)

	Computer Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Thus an Ontology is the specification of grammar and word-combinations that make sense in your field of discussion--can be understood, exchanged and acted upon.
		An ontology is a vocabulary of terms and relations rich enough to enable us to express knowledge and intention without semantic ambiguity.
		A formalized ontology is expressed using a formal, usually mathematical/logical, language.
	stevendwright.home.comcast.net /computer_science.htm (11250 words)

	Latanya Arvette Sweeney - Computer Scientist of the African Diaspora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A sample use was to locate web pages containing rosters of undergraduate students in computer science; about 18,725 students were found in 39 schools.
		This technology is licensed to Privacert, Inc. for use in rendering health data sufficently de-identified in accordance to HIPAA (U.S. medical privacy regulation).
		Performance is improved over the traditional secret sharing approach, which is deterministic, by providing probabilistic assurances even in the face of widespread collusion by some malicious parties.
	www.math.buffalo.edu /mad/computer-science/sweeney_latanyaa.html (1627 words)

	Computer Science Department Ontology 1.0
		This ontology is declared in this document both in human-readable form (what you see in front of you now) and machine-readable SHOE form (which you can see from viewing the html source of this document).
		It is not intended for real use, and the ontology itself may change without warning.
		This ontology defines some inferences which may be useful to agents:
	www.cs.umd.edu /projects/plus/SHOE/cs.html (212 words)

	Conference : FOIS-2006 — OntoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When we design a computer to take stock of a ship yard or check that all goes well at the veterinary hospital, we need to ensure that our system operates in a consistent and reliable way even when manipulating information that involves subtle issues of semantics and identity.
		The tools of formal ontology address precisely these needs, but a real effort is required in order to apply such philosophical tools to the domain of information systems.
		The purpose of FOIS is to provide a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a unified effort towards solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both theoretical issues and concrete applications.
	3ba.se /resource/view/FOIS2006 (778 words)

	MIT CSAIL Research Abstracts
		The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT is an interdisciplinary laboratory with faculty from seven academic departments and students from even more departments.
		Physical, Biological and Social Systems might also be called complex adaptive systems, and covers work from robotics, to molecular biology, to semantic systems, to computational models of politics.
		Theory looks at the fundamental mathematical underpinnings of all aspects of computer science and artificial intelligence.
	publications.csail.mit.edu /abstracts/abstracts07 (411 words)

	Computer Science
		Inference engines and ontologies are more sophisticated or somehow more intelligent than current database solutions such as relational databases, data mining algorithms, and so on.
		Before I become interested in anything that has to do with web ontologies, I need to be convinced that, at least, RDF is a useful idea.
		The European Computing and Philosophy (ECAP) will be held at the University of Twente.
	www.daniel-lemire.com /blog/archives/category/computer-science (1738 words)

	Herbert Van de Sompel
		Well, computers nor computer science were what they are today, really.
		My thesis for computer science had been the analysis of an interlibrary loan problem and the programmation of a solution.
		In 2000/2001, I was Visiting Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of Cornell University.
	public.lanl.gov /herbertv (2323 words)

	Ontology Engineering
		Methodologies, tools and languages for building ontologies: where is their meeting point?
		Paola Velardi, Raúl Poler, José Vicente Tomás: Methodology for the definition of a glossary in a collaborative research project and its application to a European Network of Excellence
		Ontology Engineering in the context of the Gene Ontology
	www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de /WBS/cte/ontologyengineering (421 words)

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		Professor Gene Tsudik (Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Computer Science Department of the University of California) will be visiting the Department of Information and Communication Technology of the University of Trento next August, from 20th to 30th.
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		The annual ranking of CENSIS presents the Faculty of Science of Unitn as the best in Italy among medium/small universities for productivity, capacity of attraction, research quality, educational offer and international relations.
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	Central Washington University - Computer Science Department
		The faculty and staff of the Computer Science Department are pleased to welcome you to our home page.
		If you have any unanswered questions, or if we can provide further assistance, please feel free to contact us at the below address or by email at schwing@cwu.edu.
		Sobolev Institute of Mathematics & Russian Academy of Sciences
	www.cwu.edu /~cs_dept/index.html (71 words)

	computer ontology - Ultrawideband Planet
		In relation to computer science, ontology refers to computer-based resources that represent agreed domain semantics An ontology consists of relatively generic knowledge that can be reused by different kinds of applications or tasks.
		Ontologies in current computer science parlance are computer based resources that represent agreed domain semantics.
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