by Michael Uschold | Nov 4, 2014 | The Whiteboard
Background We have been developing solutions for our clients lately that involve loading an ontology into a triple store, and building a UI for data entry. One of the challenges is how to handle renaming things. If you want to change the URI of a class or property in...
by Michael Uschold | Oct 3, 2014 | Semantics and Ontology
Explore the relationship between Taxonomy and Ontology with this presentation by Michael Uschold from a keynote talk at the International Conference on Semantic Computing. Click Here to View The PDF The Menu (Taxonomy) vs. the Meal (Ontology) Taxonomy and Thesauri:...
by Michael Uschold | Aug 1, 2014 | The Whiteboard
Are you struggling with how to make best use of your company’s knowledge assets that have grown overly complex? Have you wondered how to blend the more informal taxonomic knowledge with the more formal ontological knowledge? This has been a real head-scratcher for...
by Michael Uschold | May 5, 2014 | The Whiteboard
In recent posts, we stated that while terms are less important than concepts, and they mean nothing from a formal semantics perspective, they are very important for socializing the ontology. The same is true for text definitions, but even more so. Just like terms, the...
by Michael Uschold | May 4, 2014 | The Whiteboard
It frequently happens that a group of experts use a term so differently that they just cannot agree on a single meaning or definition. This problem arises in spades in the area of ‘risk’. For example, in traditional operational risk management (ORM), when...
