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In the present paper we expound a methodology for the development of terminology systems and the construction of semantically founded knowledge systems. This method is based on ontological mappings using reference top-level ontologies, and is inspired by rigorous logico-philosophical principles. We outline a framework consisting of a system of formal tools designed to support the development of data dictionaries, taxonomies and knowledge systems. The core-module of this system named Onto-Builder is an internet-based software application for building context-sensitive data dictionaries. To ensure the broad acceptance of context-dependent descriptions within a diverse group of domain experts, a multistage quality assurance cycle has been established. Ontological mappings based on top-level ontologies are the foundation of a further module of the system, which assists the construction of knowledge systems out of terminology systems. The framework is intended to be applied to the medical domain, in particular to the field of clinical trials.

David W. Fowler | Heinrich Herre | Barbara Heller | Kristin Lippoldt | Sven Van Acker | J. Carbonell | Son Bao Pham | A. Rector | J. Hendler | N. Shadbolt | J. Golbeck | N. Stojanović | R. Studer | A. Preece | Peter Clark | O. Corby | Richard Benjamins | E. Motta | F. Schmalhofer | J. Broekstra | A. Kampman | H. Stuckenschmidt | V. Chaudhri | Óscar Corcho | Mustafa Jarrar | Bo Hu | D. Dupplaw | Nicholas Gibbins | D. Sleeman | J. Dorado | S. Dasmahapatra | K. Hui | P. Gray | B. Matthews | J. Rabuñal | A. Pazos | M. Wooldridge | Anita de Waard | H. Knublauch | J. Rogers | H. Herre | B. Heller | R. Stevens | L. Cabral | A. Stutt | E. V. van Mulligen | Denilson Sell | V. Tamma | Ian Blacoe | C. Wroe | Peter Spyns | J. Juarez | M. Campos | B. Porter | G. Tecuci | J. Contreras | K. Murray | M. Horridge | Nieves Pedreira | R. Pacheco | Dorin Marcu | Mihai Boicu | Tony Scerri | Ravinder S. Bhogal | I. Crowlesmith | D. Knott | R. Dieng-Kuntz | Á. Arenas | B. Yao | Y. Chen-Burger | F. van Harmelen | M. Ruzicka | Giulio Valente | Phuc-Hiep Luong | Donini | Yonghong Peng | S. Ajit | Gary Wills | John Pacheco | L. Carr | Cristina Boicu | Hai Wang | Martin Molina | Frédéric Corby | Laurent Alamarguy | Marleen Wynants | Timothy J. Miles-Board | Felix-Robinson Aschoff | J. Siekmann | K. Lippoldt | B. Smith | A. Rigallo | Marcel | Gemma Blasco | S. Losada | Asunción Gómez-Pérez | Web Services | Di Tommaso | M. Blázquez | Nick Drummond | P. Lewis | David Minier | R. Salla | J. Sevilla | Bogdan Stanescu | Eugenio Di Noia | Francesco M Sciascio | Christiaan Fluit | Jan Van Buel | Jia‐Yi Jiang | Alexandre Gonçalves | J. Palma

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