It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology as ... - Tom Gruber

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General Design Criteria forOntological Engineering• Clarity - context-independent, unambiguous,precise definitions• Coherence - internally consistent• Extendibility - anticipate the uses of thevocabulary, allow monotonic extension• Minimal Encoding Bias - avoidrepresentational choice for benefit ofimplementation• Minimal Ontological Commitment - defineonly necessary terms, omit domain theory(c) 2000, 2003 Thomas Gruber
Wrap up• Ontologies are what they do: artifacts tohelp people and their programscommunicate, coordinate, collaborate.• We should design and build them ….• for humans!(c) 2000, 2003 Thomas Gruber
Page 1 and 2: It Is What It Does:The Pragmatics o
Page 3 and 4: What is an ontology?• An ontology
Page 5 and 6: What isn’t an ontology?• a data
Page 7 and 8: The role of formalism• Formal spe
Page 9 and 10: Example Ontologies: SemiformalSemif
Page 11 and 12: The Intraspect Ontology• Hierarch
Page 15 and 16: A Pragmatic Perspective• Ontologi
Page 17 and 18: Ontology as ContractPurposes of Ont
Page 19: The Design Perspective• Ontologie

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