Approaches to Legal Ontologies Theories, Domains, Methodologies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sartor, Giovanni (Editor), Casanovas, Pompeu (Editor), Biasiotti, Mariangela (Editor), Fernández-Barrera, Meritxell (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series ; 1
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Application software.; Law > Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Philosophy of Law.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Legal ontologies have proved crucial for representing, processing and retrieving legal information, and will acquire an increasing significance in the emerging framework of the Semantic Web. Despite the many research projects in the field, a collective reflection on the theoretical foundations of le...