DocumentCode
775222
Title
Different firms, different ontologies, and no one best ontology
Author
O´Leary, Daniel E.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Bus., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
15
Issue
5
fYear
2000
Firstpage
72
Lastpage
78
Abstract
Firms develop best practices knowledge bases with reuse in mind, yet different firms use different ontologies for these bases, making them difficult to share. This article examines why different firms want different ontologies and presents a theoretical model finding that there is no ontology that is optimal for all. The author finds many differences at the basic level of categories of processes.
Keywords
business data processing; knowledge based systems; knowledge representation; systems analysis; best practices knowledge bases; knowledge management; ontologies; reuse; Best practices; Deductive databases; Graphics; Intelligent systems; Knowledge based systems; Ontologies; Portfolios; Proposals; Taxonomy; Web and internet services;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Intelligent Systems and their Applications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1094-7167
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIS.2000.1227234
Filename
1227234
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