[uos-convene] Beginnings of a draft Upper Level Ontology

["Smith, Barry" <phismith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a proposal with regard to a highest common factor
ULO.

Most General Term for Everything Which Exists: Entity 

An ontology is a representation of types of entities; all types have
instances.

Top-level Dichotomy

continuant (an entity which endures as one and the same through time
while undergoing changes, e.g. organisms, plans,
color-qualities)

occurrent (an entity which unfold through time in successive phases,
what are also often called 'processes')

Second-Level Dichotomy 

dependent entity (an entity which has one or more bearers or carriers on
which 
it depends, all occurrent entities are dependent, since they are all
processes or changes in one or more
bearer or participant)

independent entity (entities which do not require bearers; objects,
things).

Dependent Continuant Entity can then be divided into:

quality
role
function 
shape
plan
etc.

Many dependent continuant entities are realizable in processes of
corresponding sorts; for example functions in functionings, programs and
plans in executions, etc.

BS