Affiliations: European School of Molecular Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, and University of Milan, Italy | LANI, Université Gaston Berger of Senegal & LIM&BIO, Université Paris 13, France | Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Saarland, Germany
Note: [] Authors' names in alphabetical order.
Note: [] Corresponding author: Emilio M. Sanfilippo, Universität des Saarlandes, Uni Campus C3.1, 151150, Saarbrücken, Germany. Fax: +49 681 302 64 772; E-mail: emilio.sanfilippo@ifomis.uni-saarland.de
Abstract: The aim of the following report is to outline the content of the lectures given during the First IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis (July 16–20, 2012, Trento, Italy). The report emphasizes some of the hot topics or open questions discussed during the sessions, while reflecting a variety of perspectives on the goals of ontological analysis and the importance of interdisciplinarity in dealing with certain problems.
