BORO – General Context

This is the first in a series of three presentations for the Oslo Summer School. The aim of this presentation is to give some idea of the practice of using the BORO Foundational Ontology, providing context for the next presentation in this series. A common way of looking at engineering, including ontological engineering, is as a practice, a way of doing things. Engineering as a discipline emerges from and supports the practice. Foundational ontology engineering, or ontological engineering using foundational ontologies, is then also a practice. The context is given in three parts: 1. ontologies 2. foundational ontologies – purpose 3. foundational ontologies – nature