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Guest editorial preface: special issue on contexts and ontologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

PAVEL SHVAIKO
PAVEL SHVAIKO
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Department of Information and Communication Technology (DIT) University of TrentoI-38050, Povo, Trento, Italy; e-mail: pavel@dit.unitn.it
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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 23 , Special Issue 1: Contexts and Ontologies , March 2008 , pp. 1 - 6
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