Re: Ontology: review of state of the art
John,
Thank you for telling us about the review that
you and Scott Farrar wrote. I have only had a
chance to browse through the 200 pages of text,
so I cannot yet provide any detailed comments.
But from what I've seen, it appears to be a
very much needed review, comparison, and critique
of several important approaches to ontology.
This kind of work is a prerequisite for any attempt
to combine or relate ontologies and to provide a
suitable framework for using and developing them.
For the benefit of anyone who has not yet chased
down the references, I have copied the two abstracts
of the available PDF files below with the URLs of
the full documents.
I recommend them to anyone who may be a potential user,
developer, or reviewer of current ontology projects.
John Sowa
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Deliverable I1-[OntoSpace]:D1 — General Ontology Baseline
This is a general overview document setting out the basics of ontology
design for Project I1-[OntoSpace] and the SFB. First, a discussion of
the major design parameters is given in order to familiarize
SFB-members with the state of ontological engineering and the issues
involved. We then select several key ontologies for discussion along
the lines of the parameters introduced. We conclude by setting out our
starting assumptions for the ontology designs that will be employed
within the project OntoSpace. These assumptions are also proposals for
ontology design within the SFB as a whole.
Full paper: http://134.102.58.154/i1/materials/del1.pdf
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Deliverable I1-[OntoSpace]:D2 — Spatial Ontology Baseline
This document discusses the various approaches to representing space
that have been taken in ontology and qualitative spatial
representation and reasoning. The parameters concerning the
ontological modelling of space, both in a general sense and concerning
the SFB specifically, are given. The specific projects discussed
include: SUMO-space, OpenCyc-space, DOLCE-space, BFO-space, and
Geographic systems GIS. Also addressed are spatial calculi including
RCC and more recent region-based proposals. The discussion is
summarized in terms of recommendations for practice and development
within the SFB when embodying spatial representations within
ontologies.
Full paper: http://134.102.58.154/i1/materials/del2.pdf