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A Helix-Spindle model for ontological engineering

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Using a forward-lockstep build-test process that combines theoretic and pragmatic approaches to ontology building.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 2
          Information cities
          February 2004
          92 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/966389
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