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	~~(Preliminary details)~~		Please point your browser to [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Formal_Ontology here]

	~~'''Course Title:''' PHI 547 Formal Ontology~~

	~~'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''~~

	'''Date and Time:''' This will be a three credit hour on-line graduate seminar to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca. 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.

	~~'''Registration:''' Details will be provided in due course. You can find preliminary orientation [http://studentaccounts.buffalo.edu/tuition/spring.php here] under Part Time/Graduate.~~

	~~'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented~~ point ~~of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:~~

	~~::[https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Basic Formal Ontology]~~
	~~::[http://obofoundry.org/ontology/iao.html Information Artifact Ontology]~~
	~~::[http://geneontology.org Gene Ontology]~~
	~~::[http://obofoundry.org OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry]~~
	~~::[https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2041-1480-4-43 The Environment Ontology]~~
	~~::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]~~
	~~::[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]~~

	'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp.

	~~Further readings are provided here: http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/~~
	~~Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists~~

	~~'''Requirements''': This course is open~~ to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Analytic_Metaphysics#April_26:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here] and [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/~~Ontological_Engineering_2014#November_24:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here].~~

	~~'''Grading''' will be based on:~~

	~~:1. forum participation (25%)~~
	~~:2. 20 minute youtube video (25%)~~
	~~:3. associated powerpoint slides (25%)~~
	~~:4. associated essay (25%)~~

	~~For policy regarding incompletes see [http://grad.buffalo.edu/Academics/Policies-Procedures/Grading-Procedures.html here]~~

	~~For academic integrity policy see [http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/policies/academicintegrity.php~~ here]

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	'''Requirements''': This course is open to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Analytic_Metaphysics#April_26:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here] and [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Ontological_Engineering_2014#November_24:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here].		'''Requirements''': This course is open to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Analytic_Metaphysics#April_26:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here] and [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Ontological_Engineering_2014#November_24:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here].

	Grading will be based on:		'''Grading''' will be based on:

	:1. forum participation (25%)		:1. forum participation (25%)

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	Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists		Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists

	'''Requirements''': This course is open to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available here and here.		'''Requirements''': This course is open to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Analytic_Metaphysics#April_26:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here] and [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Ontological_Engineering_2014#November_24:_Presentations_of_Student_Projects_1 here].

	Grading will be based on:		Grading will be based on:

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	Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists		Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists

	'''~~Grading~~''': ~~All~~ students will be required to have reviewed all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. ~~TEach~~ student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Grading will be based on:		'''Requirements''': This course is open to all persons with an undergraduate degree and some relevant experience (for example in data science, terminology research, logic, philosophy). In order to receive a grade and course credit students will be required to have reviewed in a timely manner all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. Each student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Examples of student videos created in comparable classes in the past are available here and here.

			Grading will be based on:

	:1. forum participation (25%)		:1. forum participation (25%)

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	Preliminary details		(Preliminary details)

	'''Course Title:''' PHI 547 Formal Ontology		'''Course Title:''' PHI 547 Formal Ontology
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	'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''		'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''

	'''Date and Time:''' This will be an on-line graduate seminar to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.		'''Date and Time:''' This will be a three credit hour on-line graduate seminar to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca. 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.

	'''Registration:''' Details will be provided in due course. You can find preliminary orientation here		'''Registration:''' Details will be provided in due course. You can find preliminary orientation [http://studentaccounts.buffalo.edu/tuition/spring.php here] under Part Time/Graduate.

	'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:		'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:
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	::[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]		::[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]

	'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp~~. Freely available to UB persons under MIT Press Scholarship Online~~.		'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp.

	Further readings are provided here: http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/		Further readings are provided here: http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/
	Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists		Example videos are provided here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hxo3nql/playlists

	'''Grading''': ~~Students~~ will be ~~graded~~ on the basis of ~~their~~ contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and by a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. ~~These videos~~ will be ~~assembled~~ for presentation at the ~~end of the semester~~. Grading will be based on:		'''Grading''': All students will be required to have reviewed all provided videos and any accompanying recommended reading. Grading will be on the basis of contributions to the on-line class discussion forum and on the quality and content of a 20 minute youtube video (with accompanying essay and powerpoint slide deck) on some topic in the field of formal ontology. TEach student will be required to create one such video for presentation in the final class session on May 8. Grading will be based on:

	:1. forum participation (25%)		:1. forum participation (25%)
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	For academic integrity policy see [http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/policies/academicintegrity.php here]		For academic integrity policy see [http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/policies/academicintegrity.php here]

	~~For accessibility services see [http://www.buffalo.edu/accessibility/servc.php here]~~

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	::[https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2041-1480-4-43 The Environment Ontology]		::[https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2041-1480-4-43 The Environment Ontology]
	::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]		::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]
	::'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]		::[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]

	'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp. Freely available to UB persons under MIT Press Scholarship Online.		'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp. Freely available to UB persons under MIT Press Scholarship Online.

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	'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''		'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''

	'''Date and Time:''' This ~~course is~~ an on-line ~~course~~ to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.		'''Date and Time:''' This will be an on-line graduate seminar to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.

			'''Registration:''' Details will be provided in due course. You can find preliminary orientation here

	'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:		'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:

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	::[http://geneontology.org Gene Ontology]		::[http://geneontology.org Gene Ontology]
	::[http://obofoundry.org OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry]		::[http://obofoundry.org OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry]
	::The Environment Ontology		::[https://jbiomedsem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2041-1480-4-43 The Environment Ontology]
	::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]		::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]
	::'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]		::'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]

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	'''Course Title:''' PHI 547 Formal Ontology		'''Course Title:''' PHI 547 Formal Ontology

	'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''		'''Faculty: Barry Smith'''

	'''Date and Time:''' This course is an on-line course to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.		'''Date and Time:''' This course is an on-line course to be taught on Mondays from January 30 to May 8, 2017. Registered students will be assumed to have watched the course videos the URLs for which will be provided in advance of each week's class (which will be assumed to take place in the interval from 4 to 6pm). The final session or sessions (depending on the number of class participants) will consist in youtube videos (ca 20 minutes in length) created by the students in the class.

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	'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:		'''Course Description:''' The course will provide an introduction to formal ontology from both a philosophical and an application oriented point of view. Ontologies to be considered will include:

	::Basic Formal Ontology		::[https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Basic Formal Ontology]
	::[http://obofoundry.org/ontology/iao.html Information Artifact Ontology]		::[http://obofoundry.org/ontology/iao.html Information Artifact Ontology]
	::[http://geneontology.org Gene Ontology]		::[http://geneontology.org Gene Ontology]
	::[http://obofoundry.org OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry]		::[http://obofoundry.org OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry]
	::The Environment Ontology		::The Environment Ontology
			::[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]
	~~We will also consider formal languages used in ontology, with special focus on~~		::'http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104413/ The Methodology of Ontological Realism]

	~~OWL (Web Ontology Language)~~
	~~CLIF (Common Logic Interchange Format; a version~~ of ~~First Order Logic)~~

	'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp. Freely available to UB persons under MIT Press Scholarship Online.		'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015, xxiv + 220pp. Freely available to UB persons under MIT Press Scholarship Online.
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	:3. associated powerpoint slides (25%)		:3. associated powerpoint slides (25%)
	:4. associated essay (25%)		:4. associated essay (25%)

	*Information Artifact Ontology]
	*[http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/?page=index Referent Tracking]
	*The methodology of ontological realism

	For policy regarding incompletes see [http://grad.buffalo.edu/Academics/Policies-Procedures/Grading-Procedures.html here]		For policy regarding incompletes see [http://grad.buffalo.edu/Academics/Policies-Procedures/Grading-Procedures.html here]