EIIF ontologies vs dolce's upper level

Dear all,
eventually I could merge a sketchy version of DOLCE upper ontology with 
the EIIF uml model (package 7) and this is the result. You will find 
attached the basic DOLCE upper level (actually is a DOLCE Lite plus some 
concept from other modules - see 
http://wiki.loa-cnr.it/index.php/LoaWiki:Ontologies). If you need xmi\uml 
sources just ask me.

Comments. Except 'Resource', all the EIIF classes I've examined can be 
coarsely accommodated under DOLCE's top level concepts. As for persons and 
their roles, I opted for a multiplicative approach - but this is not 
crucial.

The major attention point is about places, positioning and their 
descriptions. Here is where, in my opinion, a foundational layer like 
DOLCE can help a lot. Basically, DOLCE follows classic ontology by setting 
a distinction among objects (endurants), their positions (spatial 
qualities) and the space-time regions they refer to. Also, it adopts the 
distinction concrete vs. abstract as the difference between things with 
(resp. w\out) physical qualities. Now, in my view, an 'address' is an 
abstract reference to the spatial quality of a static thing, not to be 
confused with any space region, since an address can change without any 
variation of the spatial qualities it refers to. 

In general, I think that there are many details of EIIF models that can be 
discussed \ improved in the light of basic ontological distinctions, but I 
didn't find anything dramatically wrong. As for 'Resource' it seems to be 
intended as an heap of 'instruments' for a class of actions related to 
emergency operations (i.e. tools) but also human resources, i.e. 
'participants' to these actions. I think that a better modeling is needed 
here.

Hope that you find it useful.




Cordiali Saluti, Best Regards,

Guido Vetere
Manager & Research Coordinator, IBM Center for Advanced Studies Rome
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