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Fiat Surfaces in the Basic Formal Ontology

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Abstract

The Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) class continuant fiat boundary and its subclasses, including fiat surface, are not heavily axiomatized; they have elucidations, not definitions; and the meanings of these elucidations are poorly captured by the relevant BFO axioms. This paper is an effort to make progress in these respects for fiat surface. We identify a range of desiderata for a BFO-conformant view of fiat surface, argue that the GitHub does not satisfy them, argue that the view of fiat surfaces in Arp et al. (2015) does a better job, and supplement that view in ways that do a still better job. Our discussion allows us to, inter alia, present a number of axioms relevant to our topic worthy of consideration for inclusion in BFO or dependent ontologies in specific domains and for specific purposes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFormal Ontology in Information Systems - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference, FOIS 2024
EditorsCassia Trojahn, Daniele Porello, Pedro Paulo Favato Barcelos, Pedro Paulo Favato Barcelos
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages268-282
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781643685618
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, FOIS 2024 - Enschede, Netherlands
Duration: Jul 15 2024Jul 19 2024

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Volume394
ISSN (Print)0922-6389
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8314

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, FOIS 2024
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEnschede
Period07/15/2407/19/24

Keywords

  • Basic Formal Ontology
  • FOL axiomatization
  • surface

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