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Towards a new synthesis of ontology technology and knowledge management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2005

PETER MIKA  and
HANS AKKERMANS
PETER MIKA
Affiliation:
Free University Amsterdam VUA, Faculty of Sciences, Section Business Informatics, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
HANS AKKERMANS
Affiliation:
Free University Amsterdam VUA, Faculty of Sciences, Section Business Informatics, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

This paper provides a synthesis of ontology research and one of its most significant application areas, the business discipline of Knowledge Management (KM). Despite the fact such a synergy is in great demand between consumers and suppliers of ontology technology, there is a lack of understanding on one side and a lack of realism on the other. Due to the lack of communication and understanding between ontology research and applied KM there is the danger that mainstream KM will remain neutral to ontologies, while research develops as a largely unguided exploration.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 317 - 345
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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