Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, the greatest ontologist of the twentieth century in pursuing the fundamental questions of first philosophy as deeply as any philosopher of any time. This volume contains papers which were presented at a conferences devoted solely to his work. ...

Ontologies are viewed as the silver bullet for many applications, but in open or evolving systems, different parties can adopt different ontologies. This book proposes ontology matching as a solution to the problem of semantic heterogeneity, offering researchers & practitioners a framework of reference. ...

Howard Schultz was the first person to turn the aroma of a well-roasted coffee bean into a billion dollar retail operation. In 2000 he stepped down as CEO of Starbucks & became Chairman. Starbucks continued to prosper & financial results climbed quarter by quarter. Until the quarter they didn''t. By 2007, Starbucks had begun to fail itself. Decision by decision, store by store, customer by customer, Starbucks was losing some of the signature traits it was founded on. In 2008 Howard Schultz returned as CEO. '' Onward'' is the story of what happened next... ...