Ontologies in legal information systems; the need for explicit specifications of domain conceptualisations

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Ontologies in legal information systems; the need for explicit specifications of domain conceptualisations

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Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Artificial intelligence and law table of contents

Melbourne, Australia

Pages: 132 - 141

Year of Publication: 1997

ISBN:0-89791-924-6

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Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon	LIAL - Legal Informatics at Liverpool, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147 Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom
Pepijn R. S. Visser	LIAL - Legal Informatics at Liverpool, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147 Liverpool L69 7ZF, United Kingdom

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SIGART: ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
IAAIL : Intl Asso for Artifical Intel & Law
UMIACS : U of MD Inst for Advanced Comp Studies
University of Melbourne : University of Melbourne

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