Language and Spatial Cognition
Language and Spatial Cognition
Geometric structures of frames of reference and natural language semantics
Spatial Cognition and Computation
Using Orientation Information for Qualitative Spatial Reasoning
Proceedings of the International Conference GIS - From Space to Territory: Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning on Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Space
Figuring out most plausible interpretation from spatial descriptions
COLING '88 Proceedings of the 12th conference on Computational linguistics - Volume 2
ε-connections of abstract description systems
Artificial Intelligence
Qualitative Spatial Representation and Reasoning: An Overview
Fundamenta Informaticae - Qualitative Spatial Reasoning
Counterparts in Language and SpaceSimilarity and S-Connection
Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference (FOIS 2008)
Modular Ontologies: Concepts, Theories and Techniques for Knowledge Modularization
Modular Ontologies: Concepts, Theories and Techniques for Knowledge Modularization
Applying computational models of spatial prepositions to visually situated dialog
Computational Linguistics
Aspects of distributed and modular ontology reasoning
IJCAI'05 Proceedings of the 19th international joint conference on Artificial intelligence
Modular Ontologies for Architectural Design
Proceedings of the 2009 conference on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry
Combining OWL ontologies using E-Connections
Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web
Semantic categories underlying the meaning of 'place'
COSIT'07 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Spatial information theory
Qualitative spatial representation and reasoning in the SparQ-toolbox
SC'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Spatial Cognition V: reasoning, action, interaction
CASL specifications of qualitative calculi
COSIT'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Spatial Information Theory
Interpretation of Spatial Language in a Map Navigation Task
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
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The situated interpretation of natural language concerning space, spatial relationships and spatial activities is a complex problem spanning contributions from several disciplines. Space plays a central role in many theories of cognition and the spatial language observed in actual contexts of use is extremely flexible. In our work on spatial representations of all kinds, principles drawn from ontological engineering play a central role. Moreover, we have been led to augment those principles in particular ways: most specifically with respect to ontological modularity, ontological heterogeneity, and multiple ontological levels or strata. In the presentation accompanying this position statement, I give an overview of our work on space and the ontologically-relevant conclusions that we have drawn. I also suggest that these conclusions are relevant for ontological work in general, and not just for that concerned with spatial issues.