Applied Ontology: An Introduction

Introduction: What is Ontology for? Bioinformatics and Philosophy What Is Formal Ontology? A Primer on Knowledge Management and Ontological Engineering New Desiderata for Biomedical Terminologies The Benefits of Realism: A Realist Logic with Applications A Theory of Granular Partitions Classifications Categories: The Top-Level Ontology The Classification of Living Beings Ontological Relations Four Kinds of 'Is_A' Relation Occurrents Bioinformatics and Biological Reality Index.