Ontology

• BFO

• DOLCE

• SUMO

• Domain-independent

• High-level abstraction

• Basis for domain ontologies

• BFO

• DOLCE

• Standardization

• Reusability

• Interoperability

• Concepts (Entities)

• Physical Objects

person, car, tree

• Abstract Entities

time, event, role

• is-a (taxonomy)

• part-of (composition)

• depends-on (dependency)