Legal Ontologies in ICT and Law

2011 ◽  
pp. 51-66
Author(s):  
Witold Abramowicz ◽  
Piotr Stolarski ◽  
Tadeusz Tomaszewski
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Ontology Engineering ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
General Application ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Usability Issue ◽  
Legal Ontologies

As discussed in the fouth chapter, re-usability is frequently declared as sine qua non feature of modern ontology engineering. Although thoroughly examined in general theory of knowledge management models the re-usability issue is still barely a declaration in the domain of legal ontologies. The similar situation also applies to statute-specific ontologies. Those knowledge modeling entities are well described especially as an opposition to the general application legal ontologies. Yet it is trivial to say that most of the developed legal ontologies so far are those generic ones. And this sole fact should not surprise as the very specialized knowledge models – usually harder to develop – are at the same time narrowed with their utility. Of course in terms of re-usability this simply means that this feature may be largely disabled in this kind of knowledge models. In this chapter the authors face both challenges, i.e. as an excuse for presentation of the most interesting in their opinion trends and works in the field the authors demonstrate the practical approach to modeling copyright law case by re-using statute-specific ontologies.

Legal Ontologies in ICT and Law

2013 ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Witold Abramowicz ◽  
Piotr Stolarski ◽  
Tadeusz Tomaszewski
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Ontology Engineering ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
General Application ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Usability Issue ◽  
Legal Ontologies

Re-usability is frequently declared as sine qua non feature of modern ontology engineering. Although thoroughly examined in general theory of knowledge management models the re-usability issue is still barely a declaration in the domain of legal ontologies. The similar situation also applies to statute-specific ontologies. Those knowledge modeling entities are well described especially as an opposition to the general application legal ontologies. Yet it is trivial to say that most of the developed legal ontologies so far are those generic ones. And this sole fact should not surprise as the very specialized knowledge models – usually harder to develop – are at the same time narrowed with their utility. Of course in terms of re-usability this simply means that this feature may be largely disabled in this kind of knowledge models. In this chapter we face both challenges, i.e. as an excuse for presentation of the most interesting in our opinion trends and works in the field we will demonstrate the practical approach to modeling copyright law case by re-using statute-specific ontologies.

An Ontological Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Modeling in a Shipping Company

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
Sung-kwan Kim ◽  
Joe Felan ◽  
Moo Hong Kang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Ontological Approach

Modeling approaches are gaining popularity in knowledge management (KM), especially in specifying knowledge contents. This paper addresses the enterprise knowledge modeling. An enterprise knowledge model provides users with an integrated, holistic view of organizational knowledge resources. Employing a reliable methodology is critical to building successful enterprise knowledge models. A good methodology provides an effective and efficient mechanism for developing a model. This paper first reviews the enterprise knowledge modeling (EKM) and its methodologies. An ontology-based EKM (OBEKM) methodology is proposed. Its products, procedures, and modeling language are described. The methodology is then applied to the construction of a shipping company’s knowledge model for demonstration.

An Ontological Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Modeling in a Shipping Company

2013 ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Sung-kwan Kim ◽  
Joe Felan ◽  
Moo Hong Kang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Ontological Approach

Modeling approaches are gaining popularity in knowledge management (KM), especially in specifying knowledge contents. This paper addresses the enterprise knowledge modeling. An enterprise knowledge model provides users with an integrated, holistic view of organizational knowledge resources. Employing a reliable methodology is critical to building successful enterprise knowledge models. A good methodology provides an effective and efficient mechanism for developing a model. This paper first reviews the enterprise knowledge modeling (EKM) and its methodologies. An ontology-based EKM (OBEKM) methodology is proposed. Its products, procedures, and modeling language are described. The methodology is then applied to the construction of a shipping company’s knowledge model for demonstration.

scholarly journals I.—RICHARD AVENARIUS AND HIS GENERAL THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, EMPIRIOICRITICSM

Mind ◽  
1897 ◽  
Vol VI (4) ◽  
pp. 449-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRIEDRICH CARSTANJEN
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge

An Aristotelian View of Knowledge for Knowledge Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
The Core ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Knowledge Management Theory ◽  
It Applications

Defining and understanding knowledge is a rather broad and open-ended pursuit. We can narrow it considerably by stating that we are interested in defining and understanding knowledge as it pertains to knowledge management, rather than tackling the entire realm of epistemology. This article takes the theory of knowledge espoused by Aristotle and views it through the lens of knowledge management. The writings of Aristotle have proven to be fertile ground for uncovering the foundations of knowledge management. Snowden (2006) points to Aristotle’s three types of rhetorical proof as a basis for incorporating narrative in knowledge management. Buchholz (2006) traces the roots of ontological philosophy, forming the basis of current KM ontology efforts, back to Aristotle’s work. Butler in his Anti-foundational perspective on KM (2006), following Dunne (1993) argues that Aristotle’s Phrónésis and Téchné need to be at the core of knowledge management efforts – and while they cannot be directly applied to IT applications, must be among the elements upon which knowledge management is based. Müller-Merbach (2005) provides a look at the fundamentals of applying Aristotle to knowledge management theory.

A Method for Knowledge Modeling with Unified Modeling Language (UML)

2011 ◽  
pp. 228-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-kwan Kim ◽  
Seongbae Lim ◽  
Robert B. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Vessel Scheduling ◽  
Maritime Shipping ◽  
Successful Business

Since knowledge management (KM) is considered to be an important function of the successful business operation, many organizations are embracing KM. The success of a KM project is dependent upon its contents. This paper presents a method for building an effective knowledge model which can help businesses analyze and specify knowledge contents. The method takes a decision-oriented view. For the modeling language of the method, Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been chosen. The method is applied to the vessel scheduling process in a maritime shipping company. The steps and rules are explained using an example, and the strengths and weaknesses of the method are discussed.

N-Tuple Algebra as a Generalized Theory of Relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 685-700
Author(s):  
Boris A. Kulik ◽  
Alexander Y. Fridman
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Relational Algebra ◽  
Heterogeneous Information ◽  
Mathematical Objects ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Modeling Uncertainties ◽  
Universal Structure

In ITs, analysis of heterogeneous information often necessitates unification of presentation forms and processing procedures for such data. To solve this problem, one needs a universal structure, which allows reducing various data and knowledge models to a single mathematical model with unified analysis methods. Such a universal structure is the relation, which is mainly associated with relational algebra. However, relations can model as different, at first glance, mathematical objects as graphs, networks, artificial intelligence structures, predicates, logical formulas, etc. Representation and analysis of such structures and models requires for more expressive means and methods than relational algebra provides. So, with a view to developing a general theory of relations, the authors propose n-tuple algebra (NTA) that allows for formalizing a wide set of logical problems (deductive, abductive, and modified reasoning; modeling uncertainties; and so on). This paper considers matters of metrization and clustering for NTA objects with ordered domains of attributes.

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