Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain and Application Ontologies

Pierluigi Del Nostro, Jesper Friis, Emanuele Ghedini, Gerhard Goldbeck, Oskar Holtz, Otello Roscioni, Francesco Zaccarini, Daniele Toti, Daniele Toti

2024

Abstract

The effectiveness of semantic technologies in ensuring interoperability is often hindered by the preference for internally developed knowledge bases and the presence of diverse conceptual frameworks and implementation choices. Foundational, upper-level ontologies based on FOL and OWL2-DL address interoperability and provide a robust foundation for domain and application ontologies. They emphasize logical rigor and expressiveness, aligning with the idea of shared ontologies for knowledge diffusion and reuse. In scientific and industrial contexts, a framework that accommodates scientific pluralism is essential. The Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology (EMMO) meets this need, offering a rigorous yet pluralistic representation of knowledge through the mereocausal theory, focusing on parthood (mereology) and causation. EMMO’s adaptable architecture includes discipline-specific modules, enabling the representation of items from multiple perspectives, such as viewing an image as both an ’Object’ and ’Data’. This paper presents EMMO’s perspectives, including the Reductionistic, Holistic, Persistence, Contrast, Structural and Semiotics perspectives. It then proceeds to showcase four recently-developed ontologies based on EMMO, one at the domain level (CHAMEO) and three at the application level (BTO, HPO and MAEO), taking advantage of EMMO’s perspectives and therefore demonstrating its representational capabilities and versatility.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Del Nostro P., Friis J., Ghedini E., Goldbeck G., Holtz O., Roscioni O., Zaccarini F. and Toti D. (2024). Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain and Application Ontologies. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KEOD; ISBN 978-989-758-716-0, SciTePress, pages 135-142. DOI: 10.5220/0012910200003838

in Bibtex Style

@conference{keod24,
author={Pierluigi Del Nostro and Jesper Friis and Emanuele Ghedini and Gerhard Goldbeck and Oskar Holtz and Otello Roscioni and Francesco Zaccarini and Daniele Toti},
title={Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain and Application Ontologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KEOD},
year={2024},
pages={135-142},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012910200003838},
isbn={978-989-758-716-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: KEOD
TI - Elementary Multiperspective Material Ontology: Leveraging Perspectives via a Showcase of EMMO-Based Domain and Application Ontologies
SN - 978-989-758-716-0
AU - Del Nostro P.
AU - Friis J.
AU - Ghedini E.
AU - Goldbeck G.
AU - Holtz O.
AU - Roscioni O.
AU - Zaccarini F.
AU - Toti D.
PY - 2024
SP - 135
EP - 142
DO - 10.5220/0012910200003838
PB - SciTePress