Conceptual Structures for Knowledge Creation and Communication

1. Front Matter

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2. The Many Facets of Conceptual Structures

   1. Conceptual Contents as Information – Basics for Contextual Judgment Logic

      • Rudolf Wille

      Pages 1-15

   2. Analogical Reasoning

      • John F. Sowa, Arun K. Majumdar

      Pages 16-36

   3. Hegel in a Strange Costume

      • Mary Keeler

      Pages 37-53

   4. Different Kinds of Comparisons between Fuzzy Conceptual Graphs

      • Rallou Thomopoulos, Patrice Buche, Ollivier Haemmerlé

      Pages 54-68

   5. Intensional Formalization of Conceptual Structures

      • Nikolaj Oldager

      Pages 69-82

   6. Hypotheses and Version Spaces

      • Bernhard Ganter, Sergei O. Kuznetsov

      Pages 83-95

3. Logical and Linguistic Aspects

   1. Description Logics for Ontologies

      • Ulrike Sattler

      Pages 96-116

   2. Computing the Least Common Subsumer in the Description Logic \(\mathcal{EL}\) w.r.t. Terminological Cycles with Descriptive Semantics

      • Franz Baader

      Pages 117-130

   3. Creation and Merging of Ontology Top-Levels

      • Bernhard Ganter, Gerd Stumme

      Pages 131-145

   4. Dynamic Type Creation in Metaphor Interpretation and Analogical Reasoning: A Case-Study with WordNet

      • Tony Veale

      Pages 146-159

   5. Correction and Extension of WordNet 1.7

      • Philippe Martin

      Pages 160-173

4. Conceptual Representations of Time and Space

   1. Representing Temporal Ontology in Conceptual Graphs

      • Pavel Kocura

      Pages 174-187

   2. Time Dimension, Objects, and Life Tracks. A Conceptual Analysis

      • Karl Erich Wolff, Wendsomde Yameogo

      Pages 188-200

   3. Representing Time and Modality in Narratives with Conceptual Graphs

      • Henrik Schärfe, Peter Øhrstrøm

      Pages 201-214

   4. Modeling and Representing Structures for Analyzing Spatial Organization in Agronomy

      • Jean-Luc Metzger, Florence Le Ber, Amedeo Napoli

      Pages 215-228

5. Deepening the Formal Theory

   1. Simple Conceptual Graphs Revisited: Hypergraphs and Conjunctive Types for Efficient Projection Algorithms

      • Jean-François Baget

      Pages 229-242

   2. Concept Graphs without Negations: Standard Models and Standard Graphs

      • Frithjof Dau

      Pages 243-256

   3. Distributed Systems with Simple Concept Graphs

      • Grit Malik

      Pages 257-270

   4. Concept Graphs with Subdivision: A Semantic Approach

      • Lars Schoolmann, Rudolf Wille

      Pages 271-281

This volume contains the proceedings of ICCS 2003, the 11th International C- ferenceonConceptualStructures. Thisconferenceseriescontinuestobethemain forum for the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art research on conc- tualstructures. Thetheories,methodologies,andtechniquespresentedherehave grown considerably in scope in recent years. On the other hand, solid bridges spanning the boundaries between such diverse ?elds as Conceptual Graphs, F- mal Concept Analysis, and others are increasingly being built in our community. The theme of this year’s conference was “Conceptual Structures for Kno- edge Creation and Communication”. In our increasingly (Inter)networked world, the potential support of information technology for the creation and commu- cation of quality knowledge is almost boundless. However, in reality, many c- ceptual barriers prevent the use of this potential. The main problem is no longer in the technological infrastructure, but in how to navigate, use, and manage the wealth of available data resources. Thus, the question is: how to create and communicate from data the information and ultimately the knowledge required by an ever more complex and dynamic society? Conceptual structures research focuses on what is behind and between the data glut and the information ov- load that need to be overcome in answering this question. In this way, our ?eld contributes important ideas on how to actually realize some of the many still ambitious visions. All regular papers were reviewed in a thorough and open process by at least two reviewers and one editor.

• Fuzzy
• cognition
• cognitive science
• cognitive technologies
• communication
• computational linguistics
• description logics
• distributed systems
• formal methods
• knowledge representation
• logic
• logical reasoning
• ontology
• organization
• semantics

• Institute of Algebra, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

  Bernhard Ganter

• Semantics Technology and Applications Research Laboratory (STARLab), Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels 5, Belgium

  Aldo Moor

• Institut für Algebra, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

  Wilfried Lex

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