Barry Smith
Barry Smith contributes to both theoretical and applied research in ontology. He is Distinguished Julian Park Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, and of Computer Science and Engineering in the University at Buffalo. He is also Director of the National Center for Ontological Research. Smith is lead developer of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), an international standard top-level ontology (ISO/IEC 21838-2) used by over 450 ontology development groups across the world.
His work led to the formation of the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry, a set of resources designed to support information-driven research in biology and biomedicine. He also contributes to ontology projects in the military and security domains and is one of the founders of the Industrial Ontologies Foundry (IOF) initiative, whose goal is to advance interoperability of information systems in the industrial domain.
Smith is one of the most widely cited living philosophers. He has authored over 700 publications, with some 48,000 citations and an h-index of 104. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US, Swiss and Austrian National Science Foundations, the US Department of Defense, the Humboldt and Volkswagen Foundations, and the European Union.
Address: Department of Philosophy
130 Park Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo NY 14260
USA
His work led to the formation of the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry, a set of resources designed to support information-driven research in biology and biomedicine. He also contributes to ontology projects in the military and security domains and is one of the founders of the Industrial Ontologies Foundry (IOF) initiative, whose goal is to advance interoperability of information systems in the industrial domain.
Smith is one of the most widely cited living philosophers. He has authored over 700 publications, with some 48,000 citations and an h-index of 104. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US, Swiss and Austrian National Science Foundations, the US Department of Defense, the Humboldt and Volkswagen Foundations, and the European Union.
Address: Department of Philosophy
130 Park Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo NY 14260
USA
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Books by Barry Smith
After defining an ontology as a representation of the types of entities in a given domain, the book distinguishes between different kinds of ontologies and tax-onomies, and shows how applied ontology draws on more traditional ideas from metaphysics. It presents the core features of the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), now used by over one hundred ontology projects around the world, and offers examples of domain ontologies that utilize BFO. The book also describes Web Ontology Language (OWL), a common framework for Semantic Web technolo-gies. Throughout, the book provides concrete recommendations for the design and construction of domain ontologies.
Papers by Barry Smith
After defining an ontology as a representation of the types of entities in a given domain, the book distinguishes between different kinds of ontologies and tax-onomies, and shows how applied ontology draws on more traditional ideas from metaphysics. It presents the core features of the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), now used by over one hundred ontology projects around the world, and offers examples of domain ontologies that utilize BFO. The book also describes Web Ontology Language (OWL), a common framework for Semantic Web technolo-gies. Throughout, the book provides concrete recommendations for the design and construction of domain ontologies.