Luca Mari
KEYNOTE
Foundational Concepts of Measurement in the Context of a Formal Ontology
Luca Mari
Università Cattaneo - LIUC, Castellanza, Italy
ABSTRACT
In the last decades, the foundations of measurement science have been reconceived from multiple perspectives, through the analysis of questions like: what is a quantity? what is a measurement unit? what is a measurement scale? what is the value of a quantity? what is the true value of a quantity and have true values any role in measurement? how is measurement itself characterized as a specific kind of process?
The International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) – a guidance document produced by the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) – is possibly the most authoritative reference about these subjects, and nevertheless it remains a vocabulary, in the sense of ISO terminology standards, and as such it lacks the formal structure required for an effective machine readability of its contents. A next step to this goal could be to develop of formal ontology grounded on the (relevant parts of the) VIM, an endeavor of which the VIM itself would plausibly benefit. On this matter the talk proposes some background information and sketches some hypotheses.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Full Professor of measurement science with Università Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC, Castellanza, Italy, teaching courses on measurement science and statistical data analysis, systems theory, and digital thinking.
Research and dissemination activities in the broad context of information science and technology, from fundamental topics of measurement science to dynamical systems theory and modeling, artificial intelligence, e-learning. In the international context, an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) expert in the WG2 (VIM) of the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM). President of the Society for the Study of Measurement (SSM) and chair of the Task Group on Fundamental Concepts in Metrology (CCU-TG-FCM). Former chair of TC1 (Terminology) and secretary of TC25 (Quantities and units) of the IEC, and chair of TC7 (Measurement Science) of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO).
