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This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology. It will provide an introductory survey of principles and methods, and an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed. All sessions will be highly interactive and designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science. | This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology. It will provide an introductory survey of principles and methods, and an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed. All sessions will be highly interactive and designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science. | ||
== Draft Program == | |||
'''Saturday, October 10''' | '''Saturday, October 10''' | ||
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The venue will be Center for Inquiry on Sweet Home Road. Lunches will be provided free of charge to all participants. | The venue will be Center for Inquiry on Sweet Home Road. Lunches will be provided free of charge to all participants. | ||
- Further details will be posted here. | |||
- Further details will be posted here. | |||
==Reading== | |||
- For prelimary reading consult [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith]. + General Introduction to Ontology | - For prelimary reading consult [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith]. + General Introduction to Ontology | ||
[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/ontology_pic.pdf] | |||
- To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu. + Video: How to Build an Ontology (with a Case Study on Clinical Trial Ontology) | - To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu. + Video: How to Build an Ontology (with a Case Study on Clinical Trial Ontology) | ||
[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/ontologies.htm] | |||
- '''For University at Buffal students''' | - '''For University at Buffal students''' | ||
More Videos and Audios: | |||
[http://www.bioontology.org/wiki/index.php/Dissemination_Wiki#Ontology_Training:_Video_and_Audio_Presentations] | |||
- This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI | - This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 531). UB students can register by writing to phismith@buffalo.edu. | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 7 August 2009
Introduction to Ontology
The National Center for Ontological Research, National Center for Biomedical Ontology and the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy are sponsoring a two-day training event to be held in Buffalo, NY on October 10-11, 2000.
This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology. It will provide an introductory survey of principles and methods, and an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed. All sessions will be highly interactive and designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science.
Draft Program
Saturday, October 10
9.00am Continental Breakfast 9.30am-12.30pm
- 1. Ontology as a Branch of Philosophy
- 2. Formal Ontology and Formal Logic
1.30pm-5.30pm
- 3. Substances, Attributes and Universals
- 4. Why I Am No Longer a Philosopher
Sunday, October 11
9.00am Continental Breakfast 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Computer Science 10.30am Coffee 11.00am Ontology and the Semantic Web
1.30pm-5.30pm
- 7. Towards an International Standard Upper Level Ontology
- 8. The Universal Core: Ontology and Data Integration
The venue will be Center for Inquiry on Sweet Home Road. Lunches will be provided free of charge to all participants.
- Further details will be posted here.
Reading
- For prelimary reading consult [1]. + General Introduction to Ontology [2]
- To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu. + Video: How to Build an Ontology (with a Case Study on Clinical Trial Ontology) [3]
- For University at Buffal students
More Videos and Audios:
- This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 531). UB students can register by writing to phismith@buffalo.edu.
