Information infrastructures are integrated solutions based on the fusion of information and communication technologies. They are characterized by the large amount of data that must be managed accordingly. An information infrastructure requires an efficient and effective information retrieval system to provide access to the items stored in the infrastructure. Terminological Ontologies: Design, Management and Practical Applications presents the main problems that affect the discovery systems of information infrastructures to manage terminological models, and introduces a combination of research tools and applications in Semantic Web technologies. This book specifically analyzes the need to create, relate, and integrate the models required for an infrastructure by elaborating on the problem of accessing these models in an efficient manner via interoperable services and components.

Ontology basic concepts.- A representation framework for terminological ontologies.- Ontology learning for terminological ontologies.- Formalization of terminological ontologies.- Access to terminological ontologies.- Applicability of terminological ontologies to information retrieval.- Concluding remarks and outlook.