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Venue: NSC Room 215, University at Buffalo, North Campus
Venue: NSC Room 215, University at Buffalo, North Campus
Registration information for UB students is available [http://myub.buffalo.edu/course/public/scripts/crs_sched.cgi?switch=showclass&semester=summer&division=NON&dept=PHI&regnum=12518 here].


The course will provide an introduction to the content of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and to the use of BFO in ontology development.  
The course will provide an introduction to the content of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and to the use of BFO in ontology development.  

Revision as of 15:13, 21 May 2012

Summer 2012

1 Credit Hour

Venue: NSC Room 215, University at Buffalo, North Campus

Registration information for UB students is available here.

The course will provide an introduction to the content of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and to the use of BFO in ontology development.

Topics to be treated will include:

  • The BFO architecture
  • Instances and universals
  • Continuants and occurrents
  • Dependence and independence
  • Generic dependence and information entities
  • Processes and process profiles

The course will take place on the weekend of August 18-19, 2012, with follow-up meetings as necessary for those taking the course for credit.

Background information concerning BFO is available [http://www.ifomis.uni-saarland.de/bfo/ here Participation in the Introduction to Protégé course is strongly advised for those with no background in computational ontology development.