a chinese time ontology for the semantic web

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	a chinese time ontology for the semantic web
	Zhang Chunxia; Cao Cungen; Sui Yuefei; Wu Xindong
	2011
发表期刊	Knowledge-Based Systems
ISSN	0950-7051
卷号	24 期号:7 页码:1057-1074
摘要	Representation of and reasoning with temporal knowledge are fundamental in information systems that involve changes and actions. To build such systems, a time ontology is demanded. The development of a time ontology is also an indispensable part of effort to realize the Semantic Web. Nevertheless, our practice shows that any practical time ontology is closely related with a specific calendar, culture or history. To this end, this paper presents a Chinese time ontology for knowledge systems and web services which involve temporal entities or temporal properties. First, we define a base time ontology. As a core component, it consists of a time system, a timing system, a Gregorian timing system, and a timing ontology. Upon this base ontology, other parts of the Chinese time ontology are finally constructed, including the traditional Chinese timing system, temporal representation in Chinese idiosyncratic ways, and transformation between temporal entities in the Gregorian timing system and temporal entities in the traditional Chinese timing system. We will argue that the base time ontology is not only a basic and integral part of the Chinese time ontology, but also a base for constructing other time ontologies. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.; Representation of and reasoning with temporal knowledge are fundamental in information systems that involve changes and actions. To build such systems, a time ontology is demanded. The development of a time ontology is also an indispensable part of effort to realize the Semantic Web. Nevertheless, our practice shows that any practical time ontology is closely related with a specific calendar, culture or history. To this end, this paper presents a Chinese time ontology for knowledge systems and web services which involve temporal entities or temporal properties. First, we define a base time ontology. As a core component, it consists of a time system, a timing system, a Gregorian timing system, and a timing ontology. Upon this base ontology, other parts of the Chinese time ontology are finally constructed, including the traditional Chinese timing system, temporal representation in Chinese idiosyncratic ways, and transformation between temporal entities in the Gregorian timing system and temporal entities in the traditional Chinese timing system. We will argue that the base time ontology is not only a basic and integral part of the Chinese time ontology, but also a base for constructing other time ontologies. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
收录类别	EI
关键词	Knowledge Representation Semantic Web Semantics User Interfaces Web Services
部门归属	(1) School of Software Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China; (2) Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing Institute of Computing Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China; (3) Department of Computer Science University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405 United States; (4) School of Computer Science and Information Technology Hefei University of Technology Hefei 230009 China
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16177
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang Chunxia,Cao Cungen,Sui Yuefei,et al. a chinese time ontology for the semantic web[J]. Knowledge-Based Systems,2011,24(7):1057-1074.
APA	Zhang Chunxia,Cao Cungen,Sui Yuefei,&Wu Xindong.(2011).a chinese time ontology for the semantic web.Knowledge-Based Systems,24(7),1057-1074.
MLA	Zhang Chunxia,et al."a chinese time ontology for the semantic web".Knowledge-Based Systems 24.7(2011):1057-1074.