Acknowledgements

Where OMAF gets its inspiration

OMAF draws conceptual inspiration from:

• Stephen Toulmin — The Uses of Argument (Claim–Data–Warrant model)
• Imre Lakatos, Paul Thagard, Thomas Kuhn — Theory appraisal frameworks
• Kit Fine, Jonathan Schaffer, Amie Thomasson, E.J. Lowe — Meta-ontology & grounding
• Thomas R. Gruber — Ontology evaluation criteria
• Nicola Guarino & Chris Welty — OntoClean methodology
• OBO Foundry & FAIR data principles — Governance and interoperability