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This paper describes the construction method of a legal application ontology. This method is based on the merging of micro-ontologies built from European community directives. The terminae construction method from texts enhanced by an alignment process with a core legal ontology is used for building micro-ontologies. A merging process allows constructing the legal ontology.
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This research was carried out in the context of the specific Action “Ontologie du droit et langages juridiques” (Guiraude Lame) funded by the RTP “Droit et systèmes d’information” (Danièle Bourcier). We thank our jurist colleague Nicolas Moisard (IDEA, Centre Juridique de Poitiers) for his collaboration during the project and the validation steps.
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Despres, S., Szulman, S. Merging of legal micro-ontologies from European directives. Artif Intell Law 15, 187–200 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-007-9028-2
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