Public collection of in‑progress and polished writeups around:
- Concept elaboration tooling (Conceptualizer/)
- Procedural / knowledge operating system ideas (ProcOS/)
- Systems Engineering (SE) foundational ontology research (SE Ontology/)
- Decision framing using the Heilmeier Catechism
Early exploration of a "concept elaboration" workflow: needs, tool specification, and review notes.
"Process / Knowledge Operating System" introductory material and a draft specification.
Primary focus area. Includes:
- Base SE Ontology drafts and critiques
- Alignment with Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)
- Ontological arguments & rules (e.g., aircraft example)
- Growth/versioning considerations
- White Paper Series (0–4, plus sub‑series 1a, 1b) laying a staged path from intro through probabilistic extensions
Question framework used to structure and evaluate R&D / concept proposals.
This repo is intentionally open to: 1) share thinking early, 2) invite critique, 3) enable reuse in other SE ontology discussions. Expect iterative refinement; files may move or be renamed as ontology structure stabilizes.
Issues and PRs welcome (concept gaps, ontological consistency checks, terminology alignment, references). Please keep critiques constructive and reference sources where possible.
- Citation / DOI (e.g., via Zenodo) once initial baseline stabilizes
- Formal OWL/RDF artifacts for ontology components
- Ontology change policy & semantic versioning guidance
Dual license approach:
- Prose / ontology descriptions / white papers: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- Any source code (if/when added): MIT License
See LICENSE file for full terms. Contributions are accepted under the same dual terms.
Browse directories; read SE Ontology White Papers Series in order for progressive depth. Use the Heilmeier Catechism to frame new concept documents before adding them.
Maintained by: laserpointlabs