Formal on tologies and knowledge representation mainly focus on characterising how a given domain is structure d, i.e., they identify a set of concepts, entities , and relations together with the constraints that hold for this domain. The structure of the charac terisation is usually intended to reflect the poin t of view of significant experts or a realist view of how things about a particular domain are in re ality. The aim of this workshop is to explore an e pistemological stance in formal ontology and knowl edge representation and focus on the assessment of the modelling provided by the ontology designer.< /p>\n\n
In particular, we are interested in fo stering the discussion about two intertwined resea rch directions: epistemology of ontology and and o ntology of epistemology. We are interested in form al and ontological approaches to the definitions o f the concepts that are relevant to the assessment of the perspective of the ontology designer. Prob lems related to this direction include: ontology o f general epistemological concepts (e.g. proof, ar gument, explanation, epistemic reliability, trust) , ontology of cognitive concepts (perception, reas oning, sensations), ontology of data and measureme nts.
\nWe welcome two types o f submissions: Regular articles (8-12 pages includ ing the bibliography) for presenting original unpu blished work, neither submitted to, nor accepted f or, any other venue, and Short articles (5 pages i ncluding the bibliography) for presenting brief de scriptions of ongoing research and projects, preli minary approaches, or descriptions of related prev iously published research.
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