%0 Journal Article %1 Hobbs95ijhcs %A Hobbs, Jerry R. %D 1995 %J International Journal of Human-Computer Studies %K 01614 elsevier paper ai knowledge processing ontology design theory %N 5-6 %P 819--830 %R 10.1006/ijhc.1995.1076 %T Sketch of an Ontology Underlying the Way we Talk about the World %V 43 %X A general structure is proposed for an underlying conceptualization of the world that is particularly well suited to language understanding. It consists of a set of core theories of a very abstract character. Some of the most important of these are discussed, in particular, core theories that explicate the concepts of systems and the figure-ground relation, scales, change, causality, and goal-directed behavior. These theories are too abstract to impose many constraints on the entities and situations they are applied to; rather their main purpose is to provide the basis for a rich vocabulary for talking about entities and situations. The fact that the core theories apply so widely means that they provide a great many domains of discourse with a rich vocabulary.

@article{Hobbs95ijhcs, abstract = {A general structure is proposed for an underlying conceptualization of the world that is particularly well suited to language understanding. It consists of a set of core theories of a very abstract character. Some of the most important of these are discussed, in particular, core theories that explicate the concepts of systems and the figure-ground relation, scales, change, causality, and goal-directed behavior. These theories are too abstract to impose many constraints on the entities and situations they are applied to; rather their main purpose is to provide the basis for a rich vocabulary for talking about entities and situations. The fact that the core theories apply so widely means that they provide a great many domains of discourse with a rich vocabulary.}, added-at = {2016-09-24T11:55:37.000+0200}, author = {Hobbs, Jerry R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25b1291676bb7bfc040a718c51095e5b7/flint63}, doi = {10.1006/ijhc.1995.1076}, file = {ScienceDirect:1900-99/Hobbs95ijhcs.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {d30fdb58c08944ae3316754721efad3d}, intrahash = {5b1291676bb7bfc040a718c51095e5b7}, issn = {1071-5819}, journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies}, keywords = {01614 elsevier paper ai knowledge processing ontology design theory}, month = {#nov#}, number = {5-6}, pages = {819--830}, timestamp = {2018-04-16T11:58:29.000+0200}, title = {Sketch of an Ontology Underlying the Way we Talk about the World}, username = {flint63}, volume = 43, year = 1995 }