Towards a standard taxonomy of artifact functions

Authors:
Paweł Garbacz
Affiliations:
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland E-mail: garbacz@kul.lublin.pl
Venue:
Applied Ontology
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide a logically accurate and technologically sound taxonomy of artifact functions. To this end, I review one of the recent proposals of such taxonomy: the Reconciled Functional Basis. Since it turns out that this taxonomy involves some serious shortcomings, I attempt to refine it with the help of the conceptual framework of DOLCE, which is a foundational ontology in Knowledge Representation research.