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The growing use of agent systems and the widespread penetration of the Internet have opened up new avenues for scientific collaboration. We have been investigating the possibility for agent systems to aid with collaboration among Experimental High-Energy Physics (EHEP) physicists. An apparent necessary component is an agreed scientific domain ontology, which must include concepts that rely on mathematical formulae involving other domain concepts such as the energy and momentum, for their meaning. We claim that the current web ontology specification languages are not sufficiently equipped to be useful for explicit representation of mathematical expressions. We adapt some previous work on representing mathematical expressions to produce a set of representational primitives and supporting definitions to incorporate complex mathematical relations among existing domain concepts in web ontologies, illustrated with examples arising from our interactions with the EHEP physicists.
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Annamalai, M., Sterling, L. (2005). Incorporating Complex Mathematical Relations in Web-Portable Domain Ontologies. In: Tamma, V., Cranefield, S., Finin, T.W., Willmott, S. (eds) Ontologies for Agents: Theory and Experiences. Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7361-X_9
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