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Towards a Fuzzy Ontology Definition and a Fuzzy Extension of an Ontology Editor

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Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2006)

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This paper presents an enrichment of classical computational ontologies with fuzzy logic to create fuzzy ontologies. It is a step towards managing vagueness and facing the nuances of natural languages in ontology-based applications. Our proposal is implemented in the KAON ontology editor, that allows to handle ontology concepts in a high-level environment.

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Università di Milano – Bicocca, Viale Sarca, 336/14, I–20126, Milano, Italia

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Calegari, S., Ciucci, D. (2008). Towards a Fuzzy Ontology Definition and a Fuzzy Extension of an Ontology Editor. In: Manolopoulos, Y., Filipe, J., Constantopoulos, P., Cordeiro, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems. ICEIS 2006. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77581-2_10

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