Ontological Foundations of DOLCE
Ontological Foundations of DOLCE
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10.1007/978-90-481-8847-5_13
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2010-01-01
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通讯作者：
Masolo, Claudio
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Borgo, Stefano;Masolo, Claudio
多尔采，语言和认知工程的描述性本体论（Masolo等人，2003年），是一个基础本体论发展拥抱多元化的观点：不可能有一个唯一的标准或普遍的本体论知识表示。一旦人们接受所谓的“单一方法”是不现实的，就很清楚，不同的基础本体必须通过明确它们的本体立场和形式约束来相互透明：这是使本体交互可能和可靠所必需的。粗略地说，一方面，人们期望本体论在理论上是有根据的（通过采用明确的本体论观点），另一方面，它提供了正确应用和使用的信息（例如，通过明确描述它所依赖的基本假设和形式约束）。这种观点的一个后果是，每当一个基础本体不作出明确的承诺相对于本体论的主题，它被认为是本体是一致的替代本体论的立场，在该主题（在某些情况下，它甚至可以允许这些共存通过技术，如参数化）。这种普遍的观点是相当苛刻的，需要仔细分析本体的内容和结构; dolce是第一个明确遵循（和遵循）这种方法构建的本体之一。
dolce, theDescriptive Ontology for Linguistic and Cognitive Engineering(Masolo et al., 2003), is a foundational ontology developed embracing a pluralist perspective: there cannot be a unique standard or universal ontology for knowledge representation. Once it is accepted that the so-called “monolithic approach” is unrealistic, it becomes clear that the different foundational ontologies must be mutually transparent by making explicit their ontological stands and formal constraints: this is necessary to make ontology interaction possible and reliable. Roughly, it is expected that an ontology is, on the one hand, philosophically well founded (by adopting a clear ontological perspective) and, on the other hand, that it provides the information for its correct application and use (for instance, by describing explicitly the basic assumptions and the formal constraints on which it relies). A consequence of this view is that, whenever a foundational ontology does not make anexplicitcommitment with respect to an ontological topic, it is assumed that the ontology is consistent with alternative ontological positions in that topic (in some cases, it may even allow coexistence of these via techniques like parametrization). This general view is quite demanding and requires a careful analysis of the ontology content and structure;dolcehas been one of the first ontologies explicitly built to follow (and exemplify) this approach.