How the IMF Team is building a four-dimensional top-level ontology

This describes the IMFs approach to building a four-dimensional top-level ontology (TLO). It starts with the background, describing the Information Management Framework (IMF) and its approach to top level ontologies; with a focus on fundamental ontological choices that typically boil down to a choice whether to stratify or unify. It outlines the TLO use case - 'Euclidean' Standards - and ontological scope it creates. It the situates the TLO in the Foundation Data Layer of the IMF - built upon the ground layer - the Core Constructional Ontology (CCO). It then describes the CCO and the TLO in terms of its components.

Presentation Structure

• Introducing the IMF Team

• Background

  • Information Management Framework

  • Choice-based framework

• TLO Initial Use

• Situating the TLO in the IMF

• Data Section: Core Constructional Ontology

• Data Section: Top Level Ontology