INFS4201/INFS7201 2004

 Part 1 : Ontology

Lecture slides (powerpoint)

Readings updated 2.8.04

1 -  Interoperating agents, therefore need for ontology

Tutorial (long pdf)

Semantic Heterogeneity (short pdf)

2 - Structure of ontology

Note on endurants and perdurants (very short pdf)

3 - Engineering of ontology

Stanford Ontology Tutorial Ontology 101 (short pdf)

Gruber Engineering Issues (medium pdf)

OWL from a UML point of view (short pdf)

4 - Current issues - modifying UML to support ontology development

ODM Usage Scenarios and Goals (long pdf)

 

Supplementary Readings

Z39.50 (pdf paper, 7 pages) 27.7 04

Newspaper article on HL7 adoption 27.7.04

Introduction to RDF (6 pages) 27.7.04

CACM article on OntoClean (pdf paper, 2 pages) 2.8.04