Foundational ontologies are complex logical representations of the basic concepts of the world of discourse. Grounding domain-specific semantic artefacts in foundational ontologies allows the alignment of various domain specific semantic artefacts around a common hypothesis about the world. These semantic artefacts are built to support the integration and the interoperation of domain specific semantic artefacts acting as a language bridging them.
This recommendation is appropriate for formal semantic artefacts (ontologies, thesauri, taxonomies) where such alignment is strongly recommended. Vocabularies and linked lists may not be formal and the recommendation is less critical in such cases.
This recommendation does not make any claim regarding which foundational ontology to use but emphasizes the value of being aligned with one.
Foundational ontologies are complex logical representations of the basic concepts of the world of discourse. Grounding domain-specific semantic artefacts in foundational ontologies allows the alignment of various domain specific semantic artefacts around a common hypothesis about the world. These semantic artefacts are built to support the integration and the interoperation of domain specific semantic artefacts acting as a language bridging them.
This recommendation is appropriate for formal semantic artefacts (ontologies, thesauri, taxonomies) where such alignment is strongly recommended. Vocabularies and linked lists may not be formal and the recommendation is less critical in such cases.
This recommendation does not make any claim regarding which foundational ontology to use but emphasizes the value of being aligned with one.