Laboratory for Applied Ontology
HomepageThe Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) performs basic and applied research on the ontological foundations of conceptual modeling, exploring the role of ontologies and ontology management in different fields, such as: knowledge representation, knowledge engineering, database design, information retrieval, natural language processing, and the semantic web. The group is characterized by a strong interdisciplinary approach that combines Computer Science, Philosophy and Linguistics, and relies on logic as a unifying paradigm. On the application side, special emphasis is given to the use of ontologies for e-government, enterprise modeling and integration, natural language processing, and the Semantic Web.
Projects
Nov 2002
A new foundation for accounting: Steps towards the development of a reference ontology for accounting
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 23/02, December 2002, Padova, Italy
Dec 2002
A Program for Building a State of the Art Enterprise Ontology: Report on Progress
Published in 2003. A program for building a state of the art Enterprise Ontology: Report on Progress. In Practical Foundations of Business and Systems Specifications, H. KILOV AND K. BACLAWSKI, Eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 271-279
Oct 2001
A Synthesis of State of the Art Enterprise Ontologies: Work in Progress
Presented at 10th OOPSLA Workshop on Behavioral Semantics 2001, colocated with OOPSLA 2001, 14–18 October 2001, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Sept 2001
A Synthesis of State of the Art Enterprise Ontologies: Work in Progress
Presented at OES-SEO 2001, International Workshop on Open Enterprise Solutions: Systems, Experiences, and Organizations, 14-15 September 2001, Rome, Italy
Jun 2002
Note: A couple of meta-ontological choices for ontological architectures
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 06/02, June 2002, Padova, Italy
Mar 2003
Shifting the ontological foundations of accounting’s conceptual scheme
Presented at ECAIS 2003, Sixth European Conference on Accounting Information Systems, 1 April 2003, Seville, Spain
Nov 2002
STPO: The synthesis of a TOVE Persons Ontology
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 24/02, December 2002, Padova, Italy
Apr 2002
Synthesising an Industrial Strength Enterprise Ontology
Presented at ICEIMT 2002, Third International Conference on Enterprise Integration and Modeling Technology, 24-26 April 2002, Valencia, Spain
Nov 2002
The CEO Project: An Introduction
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 07/02, December 2002, Padova, Italy
Dec 2001
The Role of Ontology in Integrating Semantically Heterogeneous Databases
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 05/02, June 2002, Padova, Italy
May 2002
What is Pump Facility PF101?: A Study in Ontology
Published in LOA (LADSEB-CNR), Technical Report 04/02, June 2002, Padova, Italy