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Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling

Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling
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Author(s): Giancarlo Guizzardi (University of Twente, The Netherlands) and Gerd Wagner (Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 23
Source title: Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter F. Green (University of Queensland, Australia) and Michael Rosemann (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-339-5.ch013

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Abstract

Foundational ontologies provide the basic concepts upon which any domain-specific ontology is built. This chapter presents a new foundational ontology, UFO, and shows how it can be used as a guideline in business modeling and for evaluating business modeling methods. UFO is derived from a synthesis of two other foundational ontologies, GFO/GOL and OntoClean/DOLCE. While their main areas of application are natural sciences and linguistics/cognitive engineering, respectively, the main purpose of UFO is to provide a foundation for conceptual modeling, including business modeling.

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