Ontology: Aktive-Portal-Ontology; Representation Language: OCML; File: research-areas

This ontology was created by the Advanced Knowledge Technologies (AKT) project. AKT is an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC), which is sponsored by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant number GR/N15764/01. The AKT IRC comprises the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Southampton and the Open University.

;;; Mode: Lisp; Package: ocml

;;; The Open University

(in-package "OCML")

(in-ontology aktive-portal-ontology)


;;;This file  provides a very simple notion of GENERIC-AREA-OF-INTEREST,
;;;with two main subclasses: BUSINESS-AREA and RESEARCH-AREA.
;;;Areas can have sub-areas, e.g., adaptive-hypermedia is a sub-area of
;;;hypermedia.
;;;I have also done an initial list of research areas relevant to AKT.  I have
;;;used the sub-area-of slot very timidly, because I know that these are very 
;;;sensitive relations!

(def-class GENERIC-AREA-OF-INTEREST (intangible-thing) 
 "A generic class to specify generic areas for research or business initiatives.
  For instance, the area in which a project is situated"
 ((sub-area-of :type generic-area-of-interest)))


(def-class RESEARCH-AREA (generic-area-of-interest) 
  ((sub-area-of :type research-area)))

(def-class BUSINESS-AREA (generic-area-of-interest) 
  )

(def-instance  LEARNING-RESEARCH-AREA  research-area)  

(def-instance COMPUTING-RESEARCH-AREA research-area) 

(def-instance ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-RESEARCH-AREA research-area 
  )

(def-instance COGNITIVE-MODELLING-RESEARCH-AREA research-area 
  )

(def-instance E-COMMERCE-RESEARCH-AREA research-area) 

(def-instance TELEPRESENCE-RESEARCH-AREA research-area) 

(def-instance HUMAN-COMPUTER-INTERACTION research-area 
  ((sub-area-of computing-research-area)))

(def-instance SOFTWARE-VISUALIZATION  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of human-computer-interaction)))

(def-instance INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL research-area) 

(def-instance AGENT-BASED-COMPUTING research-area) 

(def-instance HYPERMEDIA research-area) 

(def-instance ADAPTIVE-HYPERMEDIA research-area 
  ((sub-area-of hypermedia)))

(def-instance COLLABORATIVE-HYPERMEDIA research-area 
  ((sub-area-of hypermedia)))

(def-instance MULTIMEDIA-RESEARCH-AREA  research-area 
  )

(def-instance DYNAMIC-LINKING research-area 
  ((sub-area-of adaptive-hypermedia)))

(def-instance ORGANIZATIONAL-LEARNING research-area 
  ((sub-area-of Learning-research-area)))




(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT research-area 
  )

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-ACQUISITION research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))


(def-instance INCIDENTAL-KA  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-acquisition)))

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-LIFECYCLE  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-MODELLING  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))

(def-instance ONTOLOGIES  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-modelling knowledge-reuse)))

(def-instance WEB-RESEARCH-AREA research-area) 

(def-instance SEMANTIC-WEB-AREA  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of web-research-area)))

(def-instance PROBLEM-SOLVING-METHODS  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-modelling knowledge-reuse)))

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-MAINTENANCE  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))


(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-RETRIEVAL  research-area 
  ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-REUSE  research-area 
 ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)) )

(def-instance KNOWLEDGE-PUBLISHING  research-area 
 ((sub-area-of knowledge-management)))

(def-instance LANGUAGE-ENGINEERING  research-area 
  )

(def-instance  INFORMATION-EXTRACTION research-area 
  ((sub-area-of language-engineering)))

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