Barry Smith – författare

An introduction to the field of applied ontology with examples derived particularly from biomedicine, covering theoretical components, design practices, and practical applications.

In the era of “big data,” science is increasingly information driven, and the potential for computers to store, manage, and integrate massive amounts of data has given rise to such new disciplinary fields as biomedical informatics. Applied ontology offers a strategy for the organization of scientific information in computer-tractable form, drawing on concepts not only from computer and information science but also from linguistics, logic, and philosophy. This book provides an introduction to the field of applied ontology that is of particular relevance to biomedicine, covering theoretical components of ontologies, best practices for ontology design, and examples of biomedical ontologies in use.

After defining an ontology as a representation of the types of entities in a given domain, the book distinguishes between different kinds of ontologies and taxonomies, and shows how applied ontology draws on more traditional ideas from metaphysics. It presents the core features of the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), now used by over one hundred ontology projects around the world, and offers examples of domain ontologies that utilize BFO. The book also describes Web Ontology Language (OWL), a common framework for Semantic Web technologies. Throughout, the book provides concrete recommendations for the design and construction of domain ontologies.

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The San Francisco Police reluctantly work with Moore, a former colleague, to identify who is killing faculty members. A lovely widow, a mousey professor with a gun, a well-connected and handsome college president, a deadly chief of campus security, and a rogue priest quickly pull him into a storm as violent as the one battering the Northern California coast.

When a recently fired faculty member is murdered, Moore turns to an unlikely ally for help. She is a seductive department secretary whose need for thrills drives her into the arms of some very dangerous company. Moore must also fight against the knowledge that the lovely widow has some damning marks against her, not the least of which is his growing fondness for her.

He hasn''t much time to solve this puzzle, because two hired killers want the same lost document and guess correctrly that he knows where it is.

DRAGON''S BREATH

Blackmail, sabotage and murder shatter the calm of a Victorian bush town; unrelated acts of evil or evidence of a wider and deeper, Chinese Communist Party plot, to undermine and take over Australia?

A routine job for ken Eliot threatens his life and growing evidence of Chinese State infiltration drives him back into ASIO service, re-uniting him with the deceptive and deadly Kat Douglas. Family fiefdoms, fanaticism, foreign plots and rival spies form the strands of this web of intrigue.

   Ken will fight for his life, with Kat guarding his back and frustrating their foes. Will they again expose and overcome the dark forces threatening our freedom and Australian way of life?

  This exciting sequel to Terror Trails, the second book in the Kat and Ken adventure series, is available from Amazon and all good book shops, in E-book and paperback formats. Enjoy!

For freedom’s cause is a historical, romantic thriller set in England and Australia between the world wars. It follows the adventures and growing relationship between a working class English Army Officer, from Manchester-Dan Bevan-and a Melbourne barrister, serving with the Australian Light Horse-Charlie Elliott-who met, by chance, during the First World War and the strong women in their lives.

Having survived several of the major battles, both men are so disillusioned with the homes and occupations they return to, that Dan volunteers to suppress the republican rebellion in Ireland and Charlie joins an underground army to stand-up against mob riots in Melbourne. Despite their contrasting social origins and differing views on what form of government is best for preserving freedom and maintaining civil order, they become firm friends and when Dan is targeted by vengeful IRA assassins, he accepts Charlie’s invitation to escape to Australia where he intends settling down peacefully in Melbourne, with the love of his life who unknown to him has born him a son.

When IRA gunmen pursue him from Melbourne to Perth he is forced to flee to a cattle station in the Kimberley where, finally reunited with his wife and son, he confronts his nemesis in that vast and mystical wilderness.

 BATTLE FOR THE NORTH reunites the heroes and heroines ofFor Freedom’s Cause-Dan, Charlie, Elspeth Liza and Alice, infrustrating Japanese espionage plots and raids into northernAustralia during World War 2. The action takes place in theKimberley wilderness and celebrates the daring and heroism ofmounted North Australian Observer Unit patrols, nicknamedthe ‘Nackeroos’ or ‘Curtin’s Cowboys.’Following on the bombing of Darwin and Broome, Japanesemarine commandos land on the Kimberley coast to establisha foothold and deny the US and Australian Navies a secure refuellingand supply base. In the absence of Australia’s regularforces in the Middle East and Singapore, all that standsbetween them and success is Dan Bevan’s and Charlie Elliott’spart-time observer patrols, which battle a Japanese specialforces unit from Broome to their Kalumburu base and jointhe fight to push the enemy back into the sea.Whilst Dan and Charlie conduct their guerrilla campaign inthe bush, their wives and Lady Elspeth interrupt their war work in Darwinto hunt down a murderous Spy.”Where

An international, religious war has broken out across theMiddle East between Sunni and Shia Islamic sects, cuttingoff all energy supplies from that region.Frustrated by its inability to acquire sufficient energy topower its ever expanding economy, China has invadedRussia, annexing the Siberian oil and gas fields andprecipitating World War 3.Cyber warfare has neutralised global defencecommunications creating a US-China stand-off and theonly remaining operational satellite communication basein the Kimberley is threatened by invading Indonesian,special-forces. All that stands in their way is a smallNorforce patrol backed by an Aboriginal tribe, whosefemale leader is intent on avenging the murder ofher father, their Elder, and the desecration of their Wandjinaguardian.Three strong minded and determined people-the devout Moslem leader of the IndonesianKopassus force, the MIT trained daughter of an assassinated Aboriginal elder and the middleaged,former SAS, gas platform engineer and part-time leader of the Norforce patrol-strive tocontest and impose their conflicting beliefs and loyalties when they compete and clash in ahunt to the death across the harsh but beautiful Kimberley wilderness.