MIKROKOSMOS ONTOLOGY

Contact Person: Hyopil Shin hshin@crl.nmsu.edu

Mikrokosmos Ontology Browser: Search and browse concepts on-line! Also, check selectional constraints by finding paths between pairs of concepts in the ontology!

An API for the Ontology in IDL.

Register and Download Alpha Release of Mikrokosmos Ontology for evaluation, research and development, or educational purposes.

Introductory Material

About Mikrokosmos

The Mikrokosmos Team

What is an ontology: The Mikrokosmos View.

Introduction to Ontology

What not to expect in the Ontology!

A Tour of the Ontology

A Guided Tour of the Ontology

Sample Concepts from the Ontology

The Design of the Ontology

Essential Characteristics of the Ontology

Some Statistics and Qualities of the Ontology

Meaning Representation in Mikrokosmos

The Structure of the Ontology

A BNF for the Ontology

An Axiomatic Specification of the Ontology

An API for the Ontology in IDL

Ontology Acquisition

Situated Acquisition: The Mikrokosmos Situation

Guidelines for Ontology Acquisition

History and Rate of Development of the Ontology

Tools for Aquisition and Access the Ontology

Documentation and Publications

Reports and Papers on the Ontology

Some Slides (in random order) from recent ontology presentations

How does the Ontology aid NLP: Two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2

How to Get the Ontology

Mikrokosmos Ontology Browser: Search and browse concepts on-line. All concept definitions and hierarchies may be seen. Relations and attributes of concepts are not yet accessible to everyone.
Need a copy of the ontology? Register to get a license electronically and download an Alpha release of the ontology for use in evaluation, research and development, or education.