1、Information technology Top-level ontologies(TLO)Part 2:Basic Formal Ontology(BFO)Technologies de linformation Ontologies de haut-niveau(TLO)Partie 2:Ontologie formelle de base(BFO)INTERNATIONAL STANDARDISO/IEC 21838-2First edition 2021-11Reference number ISO/IEC 21838-2:2021(E)ISO/IEC 2021iiISO/IEC
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4、ebsite:www.iso.orgPublished in Switzerland ISO/IEC 2021 All rights reserved Foreword.vIntroduction.vi1 Scope.12 Normative references.13Termsanddefinitions.14 Conformity of BFO-2020 to ISO/IEC 21838-1.34.1 Overview.34.2 Natural language representation of BFO-2020.34.3 OWL 2 formalization of BFO-2020.
5、34.4 Common Logic axiomatization of BFO-2020.34.4.1 General.34.4.2 Modularity.44.5 Specification of the purpose of BFO(in conformance with ISO/IEC 21838-1:2021,4.4.2).44.5.1 General.44.5.2 Example Open Biomedical Ontologies(OBO).44.5.3 Example Common Core Ontologies(CCO).44.6 Description of how conf
6、ormance of a domain ontology to BFO is established(in conformance with ISO/IEC 21838-1:2021,4.4.3).54.6.1 Overview.54.6.2 Conformance through direct extension.54.6.3 Conformance through indirect extension.64.6.4 Conformance through re-engineering.64.6.5 Validating conformance to BFO.64.7 Specificati
7、on of how consistency of the CL axiomatization of BFO-2020 is demonstrated(in conformance with ISO/IEC 21838-1:2021,4.4.4).64.7.1 Overview.64.7.2 Documentation.74.7.3 Structure of the model.74.8 Description of how interpretability of the OWL 2 axiomatization of BFO-2020 in the CL axiomatization is e
8、stablished(in conformance with ISO/IEC 21838-1:2021,4.4.5).74.8.1 Interpretability proof strategy for BFO-2020-OWL.74.8.2 Interpretability for alternative axiomatizations of BFO-2020.84.9 Demonstration of breadth of coverage of BFO(in conformance with with ISO/IEC 21838-1:2021,4.4.6).94.9.1 General.
9、94.9.2 Space and time.94.9.3 Actuality and possibility.94.9.4 Classes and types.94.9.5 Change over time.94.9.6 Parts,wholes,unity and boundaries.104.9.7 Space and place.104.9.8 Scale and granularity.104.9.9 Qualities and other attributes.104.9.10 Quantities and mathematical entities.104.9.11 Process
10、es and events.114.9.12 Constitution.114.9.13 Causality.114.9.14 Information and reference.114.9.15 Artefacts and socially constructed entities.114.9.16 Mental entities;imagined entities;fiction;mythology;religion.12ISO/IEC 21838-2:2021(E)iii ISO/IEC 2021 All rights reserved Contents PageISO/IEC 2183
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