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Semantology: Basic Methods for Knowledge Representations

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Conceptual Structures: Inspiration and Application (ICCS 2006)

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In this paper, we introduce the term “Semantology” for naming the theory of semantic structures and their connections. Semantic structures are fundamental for representing knowledge which we demonstrate by discussing basic methods of knowledge representation. In this context we discuss why, in the field of knowledge representation, the term “Semantology” should be given preference to the term “Ontology” .

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    Petra Gehring & Rudolf Wille

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    Pascal Hitzler

  3. Department of Communication, Aalborg University, Kroghstraede 3, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark

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Gehring, P., Wille, R. (2006). Semantology: Basic Methods for Knowledge Representations. In: Schärfe, H., Hitzler, P., Øhrstrøm, P. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Inspiration and Application. ICCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4068. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11787181_16

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