An Analysis of Two Ontologies of Philosophy

Unlike many domains that have benefited greatly from the application of linked data, the discipline of philosophy has not fully taken advantage of this relatively new set of methodologies and technologies. Although several researchers have made remarkable attempts to link philosophical resources to assist academic pursuits, the use of their applications have been limited. This paper compares two existing ontologies of philosophy: the PhiloSURFical ontology and the InPhO ontology. It examines particular challenges of developing an ontology of “philosophical ideas” and explores the potential in representing philosophical resources with linked data in order to help with researching philosophical topics.Master of Science in Library Scienc

Ontological requirements for annotation and navigation of philosophical resources

In this article, we describe an ontology aimed at the representation of the relevant entities and relations in the philosophical world. We will guide the reader through our modeling choices, so to highlight the ontology’s practical purpose: to enable an annotation of philosophical resources which is capable of supporting pedagogical navigation mechanisms. The ontology covers all the aspects of philosophy, thus including characterizations of entities such as people, events, documents, and ideas. In particular, here we will present a detailed exposition of the entities belonging to the idea branch of the ontology, for they have a crucial role in the world of philosophy. Moreover, as an example of the type of applications made possible by the ontology we will introduce PhiloSurfical, a prototype tool we created to navigate contextually a classic work in twentieth century philosophy, Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. We discuss the potential usage of such navigation mechanisms in educational and scholarly contexts, which aim to enhance the learning process through the serendipitous discovery of relevant resources

Actes de la 9ème conférence des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Enseignement (TICE 2014)

National audienceLe cycle de conférence TICE a pour objectif de faire tous les deux ans le point sur les résultats de recherches, les nouvelles applications, les derniers usages, et les retours d’expériences dans le domaine de l’éducation supérieure numérique. Le colloque TICE 2014 est organisé par l’IUT de Beziers, une composante de l’Université Montpellier 2. Cette neuvième édition du colloque TICE sera l’occasion de rassembler à Béziers, du 18 au 20 Novembre 2014, la communauté scientifique et industrielle des TICE autour du thème « Nouvelles pédagogies et sciences et technologies du numérique »