Formal Ontologies Meet Industry Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop (FOMI 2011)

• Main Authors: Vermaas, P. E, Dignum, V
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London Sage Publications Ltd 2011
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Business networks-Congresses; Information modeling-Congresses; Ontologies (Information retrieval)-Congresses; Semantic networks (Information theory)-Congresses
• ISBN: 9781607507840; 1607507846

Knowledge modeling and the semantic dimension of information plays an increasingly central role in the network economy today. Theoretical research and actual implementations bring up unexpected problems and issues and there is, moreover, an increasing need for solid theoretical foundations for pract...

Table of Contents:

• Title Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Philosophical Foundations -- Technical Artifact: An Integrated Perspective -- A Metaontology for Ontological Engineering: A Philosophers' Perspective -- On Some Best Practices in Large-Scale Ontology Development: The Chronious Ontology Suite as a Case Study -- Part II. Methodological Approaches -- Ontology-Strength Industry Standards: The Case of the Clinical Trial Domain -- A Survey on the Application of Conceptualisations in Energy Systems Modelling -- Towards a Formal Account of Similarity and Family Resemblance for Technical Functions (Invited Contribution) -- Part III. Data Integration -- Supply Chain Risk Analysis with Linked Open Data -- Ontology and Model Based Systems Engineering -- Modeling of Textual Requirements in a Gellish Universal Database -- Subject Index -- Author Index