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This paper reports progress from the EEII research project where ontological stratification is applied in the study of openness. We explain a stratification approach to reduce the overall complexity of conceptual models, and to enhance their modularity. A distinction is made between ontological and epistemological stratification. The application of the stratification approach to agent system design is explained and illustrated. A preliminary characterization of the relevant strata is given. The wider relevance of this result for information infrastructure design is addressed: ontological stratification will be key to the model management and semantic interoperability in a ubiquitous and model driven information infrastructure.
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Abramov, V.A., Goossenaerts, J.B.M., De Wilde, P., Correia, L. (2005). Ontological Stratification in an Ecology of Infohabitants. In: Arai, E., Kimura, F., Goossenaerts, J., Shirase, K. (eds) Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing. DIISM 2002. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 168. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23852-2_12
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