An Overview of OntoClean Export

@inbook{citeulike:3124681, abstract = {OntoClean is a methodology for validating the ontological adequacy of taxonomic relationships. It is based on highly general ontological notions drawn from philosophy, like essence, identity, and unity, which are used to characterize relevant aspects of the intended meaning of the properties, classes, and relations that make up an ontology. These aspects are represented by formal metaproperties, which impose several constraints on the taxonomic structure of an ontology. The analysis of these constraints helps in evaluating and validating the choices made. In this chapter we present an informal overview of the philosophical notions in-volved and their role in OntoClean, review some common ontological pitfalls, and walk through the example that has appeared in pieces in previous papers and has been the basis of numerous tutorials and talks.}, author = {Guarino, Nicola and Welty, Christopher A.}, booktitle = {Handbook on Ontologies}, chapter = {8}, citeulike-article-id = {3124681}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/presentation/OntoClean--ChrisWelty_20041118/guarinowelty_final_v4.pdf}, editor = {Staab, S. and Studer, R.}, pages = {151--172}, posted-at = {2008-08-14 19:43:14}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, title = {An Overview of OntoClean}, url = {http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/presentation/OntoClean--ChrisWelty_20041118/guarinowelty_final_v4.pdf}, year = {2004} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:3124681 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3124681 N2 - OntoClean is a methodology for validating the ontological adequacy of taxonomic relationships. It is based on highly general ontological notions drawn from philosophy, like essence, identity, and unity, which are used to characterize relevant aspects of the intended meaning of the properties, classes, and relations that make up an ontology. These aspects are represented by formal metaproperties, which impose several constraints on the taxonomic structure of an ontology. The analysis of these constraints helps in evaluating and validating the choices made. In this chapter we present an informal overview of the philosophical notions in-volved and their role in OntoClean, review some common ontological pitfalls, and walk through the example that has appeared in pieces in previous papers and has been the basis of numerous tutorials and talks. EP - 172 TI - An Overview of OntoClean PB - Springer Verlag T2 - Handbook on Ontologies SP - 151 AU - Guarino, Nicola AU - Welty, Christopher A2 - Staab, S A2 - Studer, R PY - 2004/// UR - http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/presentation/OntoClean--ChrisWelty_20041118/guarinowelty_final_v4.pdf ER -