Is there beauty in ontologies?

This position paper presents an introduction to the special issue of Applied Ontology on "Beautiful Ontologies". It discusses the relevance of considering the notion of beauty when building and evaluating ontologies, making a parallel with other disciplines such as physics and software engineering. It also discusses the difference between the beauty of an ontology and the notion of quality generally considered in ontology evaluation. Finally, it discusses examples included in the articles of the special issue, to show that a beautiful ontology can be seen as one that integrates contradictory requirements.

Tipo Pubblicazione: 
Articolo
Author or Creator: 
d'Aquin, Mathieu
Gangemi, Aldo
Publisher: 
IOS Press, Washington, DC , Paesi Bassi
Source: 
Applied ontology 6 (2011): 165–175. doi:10.3233/AO-2011-0093
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:d'Aquin, Mathieu; Gangemi, Aldo/titolo:Is there beauty in ontologies?/doi:10.3233/AO-2011-0093/rivista:Applied ontology/anno:2011/pagina_da:165/pagina_a:175/intervallo_pagine:165–175/volume:6
Date: 
2011
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/326004
https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/AO-2011-0093
info:doi:10.3233/AO-2011-0093
Language: 
Eng
ISTC Author: 
Ritratto di Aldo Gangemi
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