%0 %0 Journal Article %A Staab, S.; Santini, S.; Nack, F.; Steels, L. & Maedche, A. %D 2002 %T Emergent semantics %E %B Intelligent Systems, IEEE [see also IEEE Expert] %C %I %V 17 %6 %N 1 %P 78--86 %& %Y %S %7 %8 %9 %? %! %Z %@ %( %) %* %L %M %1 %2 %3 article %4 %# %$ %F staab02emergent %K emergent, semantic %X The article discusses ways to let semantics emerge from simple observations from the bottom-up, rather than imposing concepts on the observations top-down, to provide precise query, retrieval, communication or translation for a wide variety of applications. The following areas are examined: image retrieval and databases; media information spaces including the Semantic Web and MPEG frameworks; language games for emergent semantics; and emergent semantics for ontologies. %Z %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=988491 %+ %^