ICBO 2013 - International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies (ICBO 2013)

TOPICS OF INTEREST: We seek high-quality contributions on a wide range of topics. While authors may focus on fairly narrow and specific issues, all papers should emphasize the relevance of the work described to formal ontology and to information systems. Papers that completely ignore one or the other of these aspects will be considered as lying outside the scope of the meeting. Topic areas of particular interest to the conference are:
FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES
METHODOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
Kinds of entity: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts
Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, subsumption, instantiation
Vagueness and granularity
Identity and change
Formal comparison among ontologies
Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, ...)
Ontology of biological reality (genes, proteins, cells, organisms, ...)
Ontology of artifacts, functions and roles
Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, ...)
Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, ...)
Ontology of the information society (information, communication, meaning negotiation, ...)
Ontology and Natural Language Semantics, Ontology and Cognition
Top-level vs application ontologies
Ontology integration and alignment; role of reference ontologies
Ontology-driven information systems design
Ontological foundations for conceptual modeling
Ontology-based application systems
Requirements engineering
Knowledge engineering
Knowledge management and organization
Knowledge representation; Qualitative modeling
Computational lexicons; Terminology
Information retrieval; Question-answering
Semantic web; Web services; Grid computing
Domain-specific ontologies, especially for: Biomedical science, E-business, Enterprise integration, Engineering, Geography, Law, Library science, Linguistics, ...