Ontology is back at the forefront of philosophy, science and
technology. These days ontology comes in at least two main
fashions: the traditional philosophical understanding of ontology
has been recently flanked by a new computer-based understanding of
ontology. The current resurgence of interest in ontological issues
displays a number of novel features, both among philosophers and
among information technologists.
Broadly speaking, the two research communities of philosophers
and engineers have still not found a way to relate to each other
systematically. One side is perhaps too theoretical, the other too
pragmatic. However, in dynamic terms, one easily foresees mounting
social and institutional pressure for the development of tools able
to model fragments of reality in terms that are both adequate and
efficient. The two volumes of TAO intend to play a role in paving
the way for a better mutual understanding between engineers and
philosophers. Since the two communities are still very different as
to their own languages, conceptual tools and problem-sets, we
devised two different volumes, one dedicated to the philosophical
understanding of ontology and one to the computer-based
understanding of ontologies. Both volumes contain both papers
describing the state of the art in their respective topics and
papers addressing forefront, innovative and possibly controversial
topics.
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