neutralisation

n 1: action intended to keep a country politically neutral or

exclude it from a possible war; "the neutralization of

Belgium" [syn: {neutralization}]

2: action intended to nullify the effects of some previous

action [syn: {neutralization}, {counteraction}]

conceptualisation

The collection of objects, concepts

and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of

interest and the relationships that hold among them. A

conceptualisation is an {abstract}, simplified view of the

world that we wish to represent. For example, we may

conceptualise a family as the set of names, sexes and the

relationships of the family members. Choosing a

conceptualisation is the first stage of {knowledge

representation}.

Every {knowledge base}, {knowledge-based system}, or

{knowledge-level agent} is committed to some

conceptualisation, explicitly or implicitly.

(1994-10-19)