A relevant portion of an ontology: defining a system of ED rules using a part-whole relationship

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir, Colomb, Robert M., Sadiq, Shazia
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2008
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12469/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AMS.2008.28
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper defines rules for an ontology server that enables the selection of the relevant portion of an ontology based on the notion of Existence Dependency (ED). We examine the ED on the part-whole relation represented in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) and discuss its importance as a modeling p...