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The Functions of Definitions in Ontologies
Selja Seppälä, Alan Ruttenberg, Barry Smith
37 - 50
10.3233/978-1-61499-660-6-37
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume 283: Formal Ontology in Information Systems
Abstract

To understand what ontologies do through their definitions, we propose a theoretical explanation of the functions of definitions in ontologies backed by empirical neuropsychological studies. Our goal is to show how these functions should motivate (i) the systematic inclusion of definitions in ontologies and (ii) the adaptation of definition content and form to the specific context of use of ontologies.

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