Conclusion

We discussed situations as an ontological category in this thesis. Our research has been greatly influenced by the GOL-ontology, but also other works like Jon Barwise and John Perry barsit or Ludwig Wittgenstein tractatus. Most parts of this thesis are ontological, and in this sense philosophical discussions, but these are a necessary predecessor of a successful application of a top level ontology as the basis of knowledge representation systems. Therefore, most of our contributions are essentially of philosophical nature. We will summarize the contributions made in this thesis, and give some ideas to proceed the research of the ontology of situations.