REFLEXIVE ONTOLOGIES: ENHANCING ONTOLOGIES WITH SELF-CONTAINED QUERIES

In this article, we introduce the concept of reflexive ontologies. A reflexive ontology is a description of the concepts and relations in a domain with self-contained queries. This approach presents several advantages; (1) the speeding of the query process; (2) the addition of extra knowledge about...

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Published inCybernetics and systems Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 171 - 189
Main Authors Toro, Carlos, Sanín, Cesar, Szczerbicki, Edward, Posada, Jorge
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 19.02.2008
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Summary:In this article, we introduce the concept of reflexive ontologies. A reflexive ontology is a description of the concepts and relations in a domain with self-contained queries. This approach presents several advantages; (1) the speeding of the query process; (2) the addition of extra knowledge about the domain extending it with queries and answers; and (3), the self-containment of the knowledge structure. We present a framework that can be used to extend any existing ontology with the reflexivity approach. Additionally, as case study, we test the architecture with a previously presented knowledge structure called Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS).
ISSN:0196-9722
1087-6553
DOI:10.1080/01969720701853467