Sciweavers

FOIS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
Ontology Verification with Repositories
Abstract. In this paper we show how the relationships between first-order ontologies within a repository can be used to support ontology verification. We discuss the use of represe...
Michael Grüninger, Torsten Hahmann, Ali Hashe...
FOIS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
Foundations for an Ontology of Environment and Habitat
Abstract. The paper examines the semantics of the terms `environment' and `habitat' and presents a semi-formalised ontological framework in which these concepts are relat...
Brandon Bennett
FOIS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
Revisiting the Ontological Square
Considerations regarding predication in ordinary language as well as the ontology of relations suggest a refinement of the Ontological Square, a conceptual scheme used in many foun...
Luc Schneider
FOIS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
Affordances as Qualities
Affordances elude ontology. They have been recognized to play a role in categorization, especially of artifacts, but also of natural features. Yet, attempts to ontologize them face...
Jens Ortmann, Werner Kuhn
FOIS
2010
13 years 6 months ago
Towards a formal ontology for history of church administration
Abstract. The paper presents preliminary results in the area of ontological engineering for historical research. Historical information systems are still in the initial stage of de...
Pawel Garbacz, Robert Trypuz, Bogumil Szady, Piotr...