An analysis of commitments in ontology language design

Fillottrani, Pablo R and Keet, C. Maria (2020) An analysis of commitments in ontology language design, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems 2020 (FOIS'20), September 2020, Bolzano, FAIA, 330, 46-60, IOS Press.

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Abstract

Multiple ontology languages have been developed over the years, which brings afore two key components: how to select the appropriate language for the task at hand and language design itself. This engineering step entails examining the ontological ‘commitments’ embedded into the language, which, in turn, demands for an insight into what the effects of philosophical viewpoints may be on the design of a representation language. But what are the sort of commitments one should be able to choose from that have an underlying philosophical point of view, and which philosophical stances have a knock-on effect on the specification or selection of an ontology language? In this paper, we provide a first step towards answering these questions. We identify and analyse ontological commitments embedded in logics, or that could be, and show that they have been taken in well-known ontology languages. This contributes to reflecting on the language as enabler or inhibitor to formally characterising an ontology or an ontological investigation, as well as the design of new ontology languages following the proposed design process.

Item Type:	Conference paper
Subjects:	Computing methodologies > Artificial intelligence > Knowledge representation and reasoning > Ontology engineering
Alternate Locations:	http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/55793
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2021 09:45
Last Modified:	01 Sep 2021 09:45
URI:	http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/1400

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