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Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling

Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling

Giancarlo Guizzardi, Gerd Wagner
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781591403395|ISBN10: 1591403391|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781591403401|EISBN13: 9781591403418
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-339-5.ch013
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Guizzardi, Giancarlo, and Gerd Wagner. "Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling." Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies, edited by Peter F. Green and Michael Rosemann, IGI Global, 2005, pp. 345-367. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-339-5.ch013

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Guizzardi, G. & Wagner, G. (2005). Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling. In P. Green & M. Rosemann (Eds.), Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies (pp. 345-367). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-339-5.ch013

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Guizzardi, Giancarlo, and Gerd Wagner. "Some Applications of a Unified Foundational Ontology in Business Modeling." In Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies, edited by Peter F. Green and Michael Rosemann, 345-367. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/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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