Ontological foundations for structural conceptual models

In this thesis, we aim at contributing to the theory of conceptual modeling and ontology representation. Our main objective here is to provide ontological foundations for the most fundamental concepts in conceptual modeling. These foundations comprise a number of ontological theories, which are built on established work on philosophical ontology, cognitive psychology, philosophy of language and linguistics. Together these theories amount to a system of categories and formal relations known as a foundational ontolog

Reference Ontologies and Application Ontologies - Pre-Workshop Notes

n preparing the formatting guidelines. ii Table of Contents Ontologies and Concepts. Two Proposals........................................................1-3 by Ingvar Johansson. IFOMIS, University of Leipzig. Foundational Ontologies and the Realist Bias.................................................5-9 by Luc Schneider. IFOMIS, University of Leipzig. Combining a Lexical Taxonomy with Domain Ontologies in the Erlangen Dialogue System...............................................................11-21 by Gnther Goerz, Kerstin Bcher, Bernd Ludwig, Frank-Peter Schweinberger, Iman Thabet. Computer Science Institute, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Light ontologies for heavy criminals? Ontological modelling and fraud investigation in the EU.................................23-33 by Wim Vandenberge, Burkhard Schafer, John Kingston. University of Edinburgh. A Proposed Methodology for the Development of Application-Based Formal Ontologies..................................