conceptualisation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

conceptualisation
    n 1: an elaborated concept [syn: {conceptualization},
         {conceptualisation}, {conceptuality}]
    2: inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and
       formulating it mentally [syn: {conceptualization},
       {conceptualisation}, {formulation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conceptualisation \conceptualisation\ n.
   the act of formulating or making a concept of something.

   Syn: conceptualization, formulation, formularizing,
        formularising.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

conceptualisation

   <artificial intelligence> 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)