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Module Description MSc (level 11) UG4 (level 10)

Module Notes and Timetable

Tutorials

Lecture Slides

Assessed Assignment

Lecture Slides

Provisional outline:

Part A Ontologies

• Lecture 1 Introduction
• Lecture 2 Methodology
• Lecture 3-4 Description Logic and OWL
• Lecture 5 OWL 1.1 and 2 (and assessed assignment advice)
• Lecture 6 Example Ontologies
• Lecture 7 DOLCE Upper Level Ontology
• Lecture 8 Parts and Wholes

Part B Modelling Methods

• Introduction
• Lecture Slides Set 1 Modelling Methods Introduction
• Lecture Slides Set 2 Modelling and Context
• Lecture Slides Set 3 Case Study
• Lecture Slides Set 4 Data Model
• Lecture Slides Set 5 Knowledge Model

Additional reading on DOLCE:
Guarino and Welty on essence and identity (includes formal definitions)
Brodaric and Probst on DOLCE and geoscience
Using OWL in Java: see owlapi.sourceforge.net

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Jessica Chen_Burger and Stuart Aitken