Workshop on BFO and the Ontology of Social Entities 2016
Venue: Hilton University of Florida Conference Center [1] 1714 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida, 32607, USA. A block of rooms will be available at a discounted rate.
Dates: February 17-19, 2016
Organizers: Barry Smith and William Hogan
Background
The goal of the workshop is to develop the account of social entities in Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) to the point where BFO users have adequate guidance to develop and apply in software applications the ontology of organizations, document acts, roles, claims, obligations, and other social entities.
Several BFO-based ontologies have emerged that are grappling with such social entities in various ways, often taking different approaches. Examples include the Ontology for Biomedical Investigations, the Ontology of Medically-relevant Social Entities (OMRSE), the document acts (d-acts) ontology, and the Ontology for General Medical Science. The process of creating BFO, however, in order to make progress on capturing key entities studied by more basic sciences, has not yet developed fully an account of social entities beyond information content entities. The purpose of this workshop is to make substantial progress in developing such an account.
Schedule
Wednesday February 17
1p-4p Under development
Thursday February 18
8a-12p Under development
12p-1p Lunch
1p-4p Under development
Friday February 19
8a-12:30p including lunch, under development
Sponsors
- National Center for Ontological Research
- Clinical and Translational Science Ontology Group
- The University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Participants
- Barry Smith
- William Hogan
- Amanda Hicks
