Re: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks

Hans,

Thanks for your correction. Please try an indirect way:

1. visit the index page at http://www.eis.com.cy

2. click on E-FORA ON STANDARD UPPER ONTOLOGY, ONTAC, AND SEMANTIC WEB:

What is Ontology, Meaning, and Semantics

 Good regards,
Azamat
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hans Teijgeler" <hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl>
> To: "'Azamat'" <abdoul@cytanet.com.cy>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks
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>
> Hi Azamat,
>
> The link http://www/eis/com.cy/E-forums.pdf is dead :-(
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: semantic-web-request@w3.org [mailto:semantic-web-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Azamat
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 19:53
> To: 'SW-forum'
> Cc: Matt Williams
> Subject: Re: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks
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>
> I would also recommend John Sowa's Knowledge Representation.
>
> Although i am  in close sympaphy with John's works, they'd better be 
> avoided
> by the ontology newcomers.  The reasons why it is so please refer to
> http://www/eis/com.cy/E-forums.pdf .
>
> Azamat Abdoullaev
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Williams" <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk>
> To: "Simon Margulies" <simon.margulies@unibas.ch>; "Semantic Web"
> <semantic-web@w3.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Semantic_Web] Ontology Vs Semantic Networks
>
>
>>
>> I would also recommend John Sowa's Knowledge Representation
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> Simon Margulies wrote:
>>> thanks a lot for this post!
>>>
>>> I'm writing about ontologies as historical resources, which could be
>>> researched by future historians. In other words, what historians need to
>>> know about ontology concepts, to be able to analyze a preserved ontology
>>> to conclude some information about the past.
>>>
>>> So far I understand ontologies (in computer science) as having emerged
>>> out of earlier approaches for knowledge based systems like semantic
>>> networks or framebased languages by defining not only the syntax (like
>>> semantic networks or framebased languages) but adding explicit formal
>>> semantics in form of description logic. Thereby it gets possible, that
>>> several independent systems can share one ontology whereas in the former
>>> to this could be a problem. As an information source I can recommend: -
>>> Ulrich Reimer: Einführung in die Wissensrepräsentation. Netzartige und
>>> schema-basierte Repräsentationsformate. Stuttgart 1991.
>>> - Baader, F.: Calvanese, D; et al. The Description Logic Handbook.
>>> Cambridge 2003.
>>> (both in German..)
>>>
>>> Being historian writing about concepts in computer science, I struggle
>>> often with not-precise and not-consistently used definitions in that
>>> field.. I consider such exchanges most valuable and would be happy about
>>> any corrections!
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> On 29.05.2007, at 10:14, Danny Ayers wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [cc'ing semantic-web@w3.org <mailto:semantic-web@w3.org>]
>>>>
>>>> On 28/05/07, james.jim.taylor@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:james.jim.taylor@gmail.com> <james.jim.taylor@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:james.jim.taylor@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> How can we distinguish between ontologies and semantic networks, and
>>>>> in what respects are they similar.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would appreciate any comments or references explaining that.
>>>>
>>>> Mmm, homework...
>>>>
>>>> Broadly speaking any graph-shaped knowledge representation (including
>>>> e.g. OWL ontologies, RDF data) could be described as semantic
>>>> networks. But if memory serves, historically semantic networks tended
>>>> to lack logical formalism, more along the lines of mindmaps - a
>>>> precursor to things like RDF/OWL.
>>>>
>>>> John Sowa has a survey at:
>>>> http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/semnet.htm
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Danny.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> http://dannyayers.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Simon Margulies, lic. phil. hist.
>>> University of Basel
>>> Imaging & Media Lab
>>> +41 61 267 04 88
>>> http://www.distarnet.ch
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> http://acl.icnet.uk/~mw
>> http://adhominem.blogsome.com/
>> +44 (0)7834 899570
>>
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