This paper describes a long-term research program on developing ontological foundations
for conceptual modeling. This program, organized around the theoretical background of the …

According to the FAIR guiding principles, one of the central attributes for maximizing the
added value of information artifacts is interoperability. In this paper, I discuss the importance …

Ontologies can represent technological enablers for knowledge elicitation and management
in different kinds of organizations, especially with the exponential growth of sources and …

In the domain of the platform economy we identified two gaps in the current literature. First
the lack of a shared conceptualization of digital platform types. We solve this issue with a …

Software Engineering (SE) is a wide domain, where ontologies are useful instruments for
dealing with Knowledge Management (KM) related problems. When SE ontologies are built …

Several UFO grounded economic exchange ontologies have been developed in the last
decade, notably COFRIS, OntoREA, REA2, and ATE. An important question is whether they …

A sharing platform is a digital platform that facilitates access to underutilized goods by
renting or lending them to others. Users become less dependent on ownership which …

The notion of service spans several domains, such as healthcare, education, and
information and communication technology (ICT). In this context, service ontologies are very …

Ontologies are formal knowledge models that describe concepts and relationships and
enable data integration, information search, and reasoning. Ontology Design Patterns …

Although the field of Accounting Information Systems (AIS) has a long tradition, there is still a
lack of a widely adopted conceptualization. The Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) and …