The concept of design patterns has recently emerged as a new paradigm in the context of object-oriented design methodology. Similar ideas are being explored in other areas of compu...
The Gene Ontology (GO) is a controlled vocabulary of terms to describe protein functions. It also includes a hierarchical description of the relationships among the terms in the f...
Today ontology languages present a syntax which looks not “natural” and are lacking of built-in primitives (i.e., modeling notions) domain experts are familiar with. In this pa...
Abstract. Contextual ontologies are ontologies that characterize a concept by a set of properties that vary according to context. Contextual ontologies are now crucial for users wh...
Djamal Benslimane, Ahmed Arara, Gilles Falquet, Za...
There is an assumption that ontology developers will use a top-down approach by using a foundational ontology, because it purportedly speeds up ontology development and improves qu...