This document describes descriptive ontology for finguistic and cognitive engineering (DOLCE) as an ontology that is conformant to the requirements specified for top-level ontologies in ISO/IEC 21838-1.


This document describes DOLCE as a resource designed to support ontology design, ontology integration, and semantic integration of heterogeneous information systems.


The following are within the scope of this document:


—     definitions of classes and relations in the signature of DOLCE;


—     axiomatizations of DOLCE in OWL 2 and CL;


—     documentation of the conformity of DOLCE to the requirements specified for top-level ontologies in ISO/IEC 21838-1;


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