Journal Article10.1006/ijhc.2002.1003
Ontological methodology
Roberto Poli
- 01 Jun 2002
Vol. 56, pp 639-664
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TL;DR: The paper explores ontological methodology and presents ontological sub-theories and domain analysis methodologies.
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Abstract: The interest in ontology may peter out unless three problems are addressed: What are the boundaries of ontology? What types are there of ontology? What is the structure of ontology? After distinguishing three main kinds of information (ontological, quasi-ontological and non-ontological) and three types of ontologies (descriptive, formal and formalized), the paper presents a few basic ontological sub-theories (theory of particulars, of levels of reality, of wholes, parts and boundaries, and the intensive-extensive opposition for determinations). The methodology of domain analysis is further addressed and the distinction between a domain's structure and the scheme of the canonical item of a domain is introduced.
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