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PHI 637 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology | |||
Dr. Barry Smith | |||
ONLINE, HYBRID, TWO CREDIT COURSE | |||
This course will present an introduction to Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), which is a widely used top-level ontology, approved in 2021 as an international standard (ISO/IEC 21838-2). | |||
Material for the course will be based on the following BFO tutorials: | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muafRW0bXgw&list=PLyngZgIl3WTj6tWcypTLpCnYXu6o93kD4&pp=gAQB 2015 Tutorials and Earlier Material] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyngZgIl3WTg5f36E7r3W5px_58OOWE5I 2019 Tutorial] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdcH-yYkTI&list=PLyngZgIl3WThebVwYfCphjx85NOGN8BJD 2025 and Other Recent Tutorials] | |||
Revised versions of this tutorial material will be divided into 14 single-hour lectures which will be made available asynchronously. The lectures will form the basis for synchronous weekly working sessions scheduled for Wednesdays at 7-8pm. Students will be graded on the basis of their contributions to these working sessions, which will be designed to lead to the creation of online content, summarizing aspects of BFO and of how BFO is used, that is suitable for distribution to a wider audience. | |||
Background reading: | |||
[https://buffalo.box.com/s/3pyas5wwfwd2bgbe5o2dz36kncm9z5gf Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology (MIT Press, 2015)] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:15, 2 December 2025
PHI 637 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology
Dr. Barry Smith
ONLINE, HYBRID, TWO CREDIT COURSE
This course will present an introduction to Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), which is a widely used top-level ontology, approved in 2021 as an international standard (ISO/IEC 21838-2).
Material for the course will be based on the following BFO tutorials:
Revised versions of this tutorial material will be divided into 14 single-hour lectures which will be made available asynchronously. The lectures will form the basis for synchronous weekly working sessions scheduled for Wednesdays at 7-8pm. Students will be graded on the basis of their contributions to these working sessions, which will be designed to lead to the creation of online content, summarizing aspects of BFO and of how BFO is used, that is suitable for distribution to a wider audience.
Background reading:
Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology (MIT Press, 2015)
