Ontological Foundations for Biology Knowledge Models

Developing Ontological Theories for Conceptual Models using Qualitative Research

Conceptual modelling is believed to be at the core of the IS discipline. There have been attempts to develop theoretical foundations for conceptual models, in particular ontological models as axiomatic reference systems. Although the notion of ontology has become popular in modelling theories, criticism has risen as to its philosophical presuppositions. Taking on this criticism, we discuss the ...

Ontological Foundations for Structural Conceptual Models

Framing ontology

• Linguistic instruments in knowledge engineering, Tilburg 1991; • Knowledge sharing and reuse, ECAI’92, Vienna 1992; • International workshop on formal ontology in conceptual analysis and knowledge representation, Padua 1993; • Knowledge sharing and information interchange, IJCAI’93, Chambery 1993; • Parts and wholes: conceptual part-whole relations and formal mereology, ECAI’94, Amsterdam 199...

Foundations of Artificial Intelligence FAInt - 07 Workshop at KI 2007 10 th of Septermber , 2007 Organisers

Various forms of reasoning, the profusion of knowledge, the gap between neuro-inspired approaches and conceptual representations, the problem of inconsistent data input, and the manifold of computational paradigms for solutions of these problems challenge AI models for higher cognitive abilities. We propose the I-Cog architecture as a step towards a solution for these problems. I-Cog is a modul...

Ontological Foundations of Medical Information Systems

The modeling of knowledge and implementing it in software systems is not sufficiently supported by proper guidelines and well-established principles. An interdisciplinary approach seems to be necessary because the development of guidelines for ontologically sound knowledge modeling – in particular in medicine – requires knowledge and expertise from areas such as linguistics, informatics, medici...