[LIVRE][B] The ontological level: Revisiting 30 years of knowledge representation
N Guarino - 2009 - Springer
I revisit here the motivations and the main proposal of paper I published at the 1994
Wittgenstein Symposium, entitled “The Ontological Level”, in the light of the main results …
Wittgenstein Symposium, entitled “The Ontological Level”, in the light of the main results …
The European legal taxonomy syllabus: a multi-lingual, multi-level ontology framework to untangle the web of European legal terminology
This paper describes a new concept of legal ontology together with an ontology
development tool, called the European Legal Taxonomy Syllabus (ELTS). The tool is used to …
development tool, called the European Legal Taxonomy Syllabus (ELTS). The tool is used to …
Scholarly publishing and linked data: describing roles, statuses, temporal and contextual extents
Recently, several ontologies have been introduced for semantic publishing. However,
scholarly publishing, like other real-world domains, needs to be described also in terms of …
scholarly publishing, like other real-world domains, needs to be described also in terms of …
Is there beauty in ontologies?
This position paper presents an introduction to the special issue of Applied Ontology on
“Beautiful Ontologies”. It discusses the relevance of considering the notion of beauty when …
“Beautiful Ontologies”. It discusses the relevance of considering the notion of beauty when …
Needs and intentionality
A thorough understanding of what needs are is fundamental for designing well-behaved
information systems for many social applications and in particular for public services. Talking …
information systems for many social applications and in particular for public services. Talking …
Towards a unified dispositional framework for realizable entities
Realizable entities are properties that can be realized in processes of specific correlated
types in which the bearer participates. It will be valuable to create a systematic classification …
types in which the bearer participates. It will be valuable to create a systematic classification …
Roles‐purpose‐and‐culture misalignments: a setback to bottom‐up SME clusters
B Martins, F Sole - Journal of Knowledge Management, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of small to medium‐
sized enterprise (SME) clustering processes initiated from the bottom up. In particular, this …
sized enterprise (SME) clustering processes initiated from the bottom up. In particular, this …
Improving the representation of roles in conceptual modeling: theory, method, and evidence
Conceptual models represent the Organizational domain for which an information system is
developed. These models are important tools in defining the requirements for the system …
developed. These models are important tools in defining the requirements for the system …
Families of roles: A new theory of occurrent-dependent roles
Roles are important both theoretically and practically for modelling the world around us.
Although many theories of roles have been proposed, there remain aspects which are little …
Although many theories of roles have been proposed, there remain aspects which are little …
The abduction of geographic information science: Transporting spatial reasoning to the realm of purpose and design
H Couclelis - International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, 2009 - Springer
People intuitively understand that function and purpose are critical parts of what human-
configured entities are about, but these notions have proved difficult to capture formally …
configured entities are about, but these notions have proved difficult to capture formally …