(Apologies for cross postings) [FOIS2024][CfP] FOIS 2024 deadline extension main track NEWS: - final deadline submission: 04 March 2024 (AoE) - abstracts were not mandatory on 26 February 2024 (AoE)!!! ============================ 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2024) 15-19 July 2024 (Enschede, Netherlands) - 08-09 July 2024 (online) Website: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/ Paper submission deadline (extended): 04 March 2024 (AoE) ============================ **Definition & scope** The FOIS conference is a meeting point for all researchers interested in formal ontology. Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations comprising the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. The conference encourages the submission of high-quality, not previously published results on both theoretical issues and practical advancements. FOIS 2024 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and domain ontologies. FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA), a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology. FOIS 2024 will be held both online and in Enschede, the Netherlands, by the Semantics, Cybersecurity & Services group of the University of Twente. **Important dates** Paper submission deadline (extended): 04 March 2024 (AoE) Notifications: 15 April 2024 Virtual conference: 8-9 July 2024 Onsite conference: 15-19 July 2024 Camera-ready papers: 30 July 2024 **Submission types** FOIS 2024 seeks three types of full-length (14 pages) high-quality papers on a wide range of topics: * Foundational papers address content-related ontological issues, their formal representation, and their relevance to some aspect of information systems. * Application and Methods papers address novel systems, methods, and tools related to building, evaluating, or using ontologies, emphasizing the impact of ontology contents. * Domain ontology papers describe a novel ontology for a specific realm of interest, clarifying ontological choices against requirements and foundational theory, and showing ontology use. For more information on the submission instructions, please visit: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/#submission-instructions As usual, the FOIS proceedings will be published by IOS Press. **Topics of interest** Foundational Issues: * Kinds of entities: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts, events/processes * Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, causality, subsumption, instantiation * Vagueness and granularity * Space, time, and change Methodological issues: * Top-level vs. domain-specific ontologies * Role of reference ontologies * Ontology similarity, integration, alignment, matching and entity reconciliation * Ontology modularity, patterns, and contextuality * Ontology evaluation, quality, reuse, adaptation, and evolution * Ontology compliance with FAIR principles * Formal comparison among ontologies * Relationship between conceptual modeling and ontologies * Relationship with cognition, language, semantics, and context * Connections between knowledge graphs and ontologies * Methodological issues in the applications of ontologies * Social issues, such as trust or bias, with respect to ontologies Applications: * Technical applications of ontologies, such as: * Semantic Web * Other areas of AI (Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Rules) * Qualitative modeling * Systems applications of ontologies, such as: * Ontology-driven information systems design * Ontology-based data access * Knowledge managementInformation retrieval * Computational linguistics * Metadata management * Domain applications of ontologies, such as: * Ontologies for business modeling * Ontologies for particular scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, geography, physics, geoscience, cognitive sciences, linguistics, etc.) * Ontologies for engineering: shape, form and function, artifacts, manufacturing, design, architecture, etc. * Ontologies for the humanities: arts, cultural studies, history, literature, philosophy, etc. * Ontologies for the social sciences: economics, law, political science, anthropology, archeology, etc. * Ontologies for Open Science and dataset sharing Domain-specific ontologies: * Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, etc.) * Ontology of biological reality (organisms, genes, proteins, cells, etc.) * Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, perceptions, cognition, etc.) * Ontology of artifacts, functions, capacities and roles * Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, etc.) **Organisation** General Chairs Giancarlo Guizzardi; University of Twente; The Netherlands Program Committee Chairs Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Université Toulouse 2, France Daniele Porello, University of Genova, Italy Local Organisation Chair Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, The Netherlands JOWO Chairs Claudenir M. Fonseca, University of Twente, The Netherlands Guendalina Righetti, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Online Chairs Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK FAIR Chairs Luiz Olavo Bonino, University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal-first Chairs Emilio Sanfilippo, ISTC-CNR Laboratory for Applied Ontology, Italy Adrien Barton, IRIT & CNRS, France Ontology Showcase Chairs Laura Daniele, TNO, The Netherlands João Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Demonstration Chairs Pawel Garbacz, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Robert Pergl, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Project Exhibition Chair Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden Industry Chairs Jan Voskuil, Taxonic, The Netherlands Mara Abel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tutorial Chairs Chiara Ghidini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Veruska Zamborlini, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Early Career Symposium Chairs Zubeida Dawood, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos, University of Twente, The Netherlands Publicity Chairs Mattia Fumagalli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Greta Adamo, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain Proceedings Chairs Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos, University of Twente, The Netherlands