Knowledge representation: logical, philosophical and computational foundations
Knowledge representation: logical, philosophical and computational foundations
On the representation of roles in object-oriented and conceptual modelling
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Towards an ontology for sharing medical images and regions of interest in neuroimaging
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Artefacts and Roles: Modelling Strategies in a Multiplicative Ontology
Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference (FOIS 2008)
A core ontology of instruments used for neurological, behavioral and cognitive assessments
Proceedings of the 2010 conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference (FOIS 2010)
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This article presents a formal ontology which accounts for the general nature of artefacts. The objective is to help structure application ontologies in areas where specific artefacts are present - in other words, virtually any area of activity. The conceptualization relies on recent philosophical and psychological research on artefacts, having resulted in a largely consensual theoretical basis. Furthermore, this ontology of artefacts extends the foundational DOLCE ontology and supplements its axiomatization. The conceptual primitives are as follows: artificial entity, intentional production of entities, (state of) capacity, capacity to play a role in actions of a given type, function and functional object. These primitives enable artefacts in general to be characterized as intentionally and successfully produced entities, and isolate an important subclass of “technical” artefacts to which a function is ascribed. Lastly, we emphasize the novelty of this ontology by comparing it with other works with similar objectives.