Ontology, originally a fundamental part of philosophical enquiry, is concerned with the analysis and categorization of what exists. In recent years, however, a complementary focus of ontological inquiry gained significant momentum fueled by the advent of complex information systems which rely on robust and coherent, formal representations of their subject matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The systematic study of such representations, their axiomatics, their corresponding reasoning techniques and their relations to cognition and reality, are at the center of the modern discipline of formal ontology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Formal ontology in this modern sense is now a research focus in such diverse domains as conceptual modeling, database design, software engineering, organizational modeling, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, the life sciences, bioinformatics, geographic information science, knowledge engineering, information retrieval, library and information science, and the semantic web. Researchers in all these areas increasingly recognize the need for serious engagement with ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of entities and relations making up their respective domains of enquiry, in providing a solid foundation for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS)<\/strong> conferences are designed to provide a meeting point for researchers from all disciplines with an interest in formal ontology. The conferences encourage submission of high quality articles on both theoretical issues and concrete applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FOIS <\/strong><\/a>2024<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n FOIS 2023<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2021<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2020<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2018<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2016<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2014<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2012<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2010<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2008<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2006<\/strong><\/a> FOIS 2004<\/strong> FOIS 2001<\/strong><\/a>Previous editions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
08-09 July 2024 (online)
15-19 July 2024, FOIS (Enschede, The Netherlands)
Host: University of Twente<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17-20 July 2023 (Sherbrooke, Canada)
18-20 September 2023 (online)
Host: Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13-17 September 2021 (Bolzano, Italy)
Host: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14-17 September 2020 (online)
Host: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17-21 September 2018 (Cape Town, South Africa)
Host: University of Cape Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2016 (Annecy, France)
Host: University Savoie-Mt-Blanc<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2014 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Host: Federal University of Esp\u00edrito Santo & Getulio Vargas Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24-27 July 2012 (Graz, Austria)
Host: Medical University of Graz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11-14 May 2008 (Toronto, Canada)
Host: University of Toronto <\/p>\n\n\n\n
31 October – 3 November 2008 (Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany)
Host: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9-11 November 2006 (Baltimore, USA)
Host: Ontology Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4-6 November 2004 (Torino, Italy)
Host: University of Turin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17-19 October 2001 (Ogunquit, USA)
Host: University at Buffalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n