Publications

Journals

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., and Tomazzoli, G. (2025). Interpreting Literary Characters through Diagnostic Properties. Humanities, 14(11):213.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/h14110213 

Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Bottazzi, E., Ferrario, R., Mosca, A., Vilardo, M.M. (2025). An observational approach to representing interpretation. Applied Ontology.
DOI: 10.1177/15705838251391711 

Porello, D., Terkaj, W., Vieu, L., Sanfilippo, E.M., Compagno, F. (2025). Approximating DOLCE in OWL: The Dolcebasic and DolcenaryRel Core modules. Applied Ontology (to appear)

Sanfilippo, E.M., Freedman, R., Mosca, A. (2025). Ontological modeling of music and musicological claims. A case study in early music. International Journal of Digital Libraries, vol. 26, n. 10, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-025-00421-z

Antonietti, L., Sanfilippo, E.M., Carbé, E. (2025). The BiGraFo Case: Reflections on Bibliographic Ontologies. Umanistica Digitale, vol 20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/21276

Borgo, S., Ferrario, R., Gangemi, A., Guarino, N., Masolo, C., Porello, D., Sanfilippo, E.M., & Vieu, L. (2022). DOLCE: A descriptive ontology for linguistic and cognitive engineering. Applied ontology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 45-69, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-210259

Sanfilippo, E.M., Ontologies for information entities: State of the art and open challenges, Applied ontology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 111-135, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-210246

Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W., and Borgo, S., Ontological modeling of manufacturing resources, Applied Ontology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 87-109, 2021 (link to IOS Press) (link to Research Gate)

Masolo, C. and Sanfilippo, E.M., Technical artefact theories: A comparative study and a new empirical approach.  IN: Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 11, Springer 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00475-9

Sanfilippo, E.M., Kitamura, Y., Young, R.I.M., Formal Ontologies in Manufacturing. IN: Applied Ontology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 119-125, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/AO-190209 

Sanfilippo, E.M., Belkadi, F., and Bernard, A., Ontology-based knowledge representation for additive manufacturing. IN: Computers in Industry, vol. 109, pp.182-194, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2019.03.006

Sanfilppo, E.M., Terkaj, W., Editorial: Formal Ontologies meet Industry, Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 28, Elsevier, 2019

Sanfilippo, E.M., Feature based product modeling. An ontological approach. IN: International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2018;
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2018.1497814

Sanfilippo, E.M. and Borgo, S., What are features? An ontology-based review of the literature, CAD journal, vol. 80, 2016, pp. 9-18
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2016.07.001

Boem F., Gaoussou C., Chuck E., Quattri F., Ratti E., Sanfilippo E.M., Sojic A. Diverse Perspective on Ontology: A joint Report on the First IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis. IN: Applied Ontology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 59-71, 2013 (pdf: Boem et al.))
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/AO-130121

Sanfilippo E. M., Review of: K. Munn/ B. Smith (Eds.), Applied Ontology. An Introduction, Ontos-Verlag, Frankfurt 2008, IN: Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior, 2:2 (2011)

Conference and Workshops

2025

Porello, D., Sanfilippo E.M., and Mosca, A. (2025). Measuring Similarities of Literary Characters. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems. Proceedings of FOIS 2025 (in press).

Sanfilippo, E.M., Braud, A., Freedman, R., and Mosca, A. (2025). A Preliminary Investigation on Event Modeling in Music: Performances and Their Reception. Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2025), as part of the Joint Ontology Workshop Episode XI. CEUR vol. (to appear).

2024

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Mosca, A. and Tomazzoli, G. (2024). Operationalizing Scholarly Observations in OWL. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2024), CEUR vol. 3809

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Bottazzi, E., and Ferrario, R. (2024). Interpreting Texts and Their Characters. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems. Proceedings of FOIS 2024, IOS Press.
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Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Ferrario, R. (2024). Literary Investigations: Characters and Interpretation Practices. European Society for Aesthetics (ESA 2024), 6-8 June, 2024, Naples, Italy.

Sanfilippo, E.M., Antonietti, L., and Pierazzo, E. (2024). Texts and Works: Ontology-based Modeling Patterns. In Contemporary Ontologies for Digital Archives (YODA), Joint Ontology Workshops: Episode X: The Tukker Zommer of Ontology (JOWO), CEUR vol. 3882.

Porello, D., Vieu, L., Borgo, S., Compagno, F., Sanfilippo, E.M., and Terkaj, W. (2024). DOLCE in OWL: The Core Theory. In 8th Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST), Joint Ontology Workshops: Episode X: The Tukker Zommer of Ontology (JOWO), CEUR vol. 3882.

Longo, C.F., Santamaria, D.F., Mongiovì, M., Bulla, L., and Sanfilippo, E.M. (2024). Leveraging Knowledge Graphs Inference for Semi-Explainable Systems based on Large Language Models. In Workshop on the Convergence of Large Language Models and Ontologies, Joint Ontology Workshops: Episode X: The Tukker Zommer of Ontology (JOWO), CEUR vol. 3882

Sanfilippo, E. M., Tomazzoli, G., Paolini Paoletti, M., Favazzo, J., Ferrario, R. (2024). Per un’analisi dei
personaggi tra letteratura, filosofia e ontologia applicata. In Me.Te. Digitali. Mediterraneo in rete tra testi e contesti, Proceedings del XIII Convegno Annuale AIUCD2024. Catania: AIUCD, p. 595. ISBN 978-88-942535-8-0. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/7927. In: Quaderni di Umanistica Digitale

Antonietti, L., Sanfilippo, E. M., Carbé, E., (2024). L’ontologia BiGraFo: verso un modello semantico
per l’opera di Franco Fortini. In Me.Te. Digitali. Mediterraneo in rete tra testi e contesti, Proceedings del XIII Convegno Annuale AIUCD2024. Catania: AIUCD, p. 595. ISBN 978-88-942535-8-0. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/7927. In: Quaderni di Umanistica Digitale

Antonietti, L., Sanfilippo, E. M., Carbé, E., (2024 ). La modélisation d’une ontologie pour la bibliographie de Franco Fortini (BiGraFo). In Colloque Humanistica 2024 Association francophone des humanités numériques, May 2024, Meknès, Maroc.

2023

Sanfilippo, E. M., Sotgiu, A., Tomazzoli, G., Masolo, C., Porello, D., & Ferrario, R. (2023). Ontological Modeling of Scholarly Statements: A Case Study in Literary Criticism. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems (pp. 349-363). IOS Press.

Compagno, F., Borgo, S., Sanfilippo, E. M., & Terkaj, W. (2023). Manufacturing Resources, Capabilities, and Engineering Functions: Towards an Ontology-Based Integration. In Formal Ontology in Information Systems (pp. 272-287). IOS Press.

2022

Sanfilippo, E. M., & Freedman, R. (2022). Ontology for Analytic Claims in Music. IN: European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (pp. 559-571). Springer, Cham.

Terkaj, W., Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S. (2022). Ontology for Industrial Engineering: A DOLCE Compliant Approach. IN: Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol. 3240

2021

Borgo, S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W., Capabilities, Capacities, and Functionalities of Resources in Industrial Engineering. IN: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Compagno, F., Borgo, S., Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Comparing Ontological Alternatives to Model Engineering Systems and Components. IN: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Ferrario, R., Pierazzo, Elena, Texts, compositions, and works. A socio-cultural perspective on information artefacts. IN: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Foundational Ontologies (FOUST) held within the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Cristofaro, S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Sichera, P. Spampinato, D., Towards the representation of claims in ontologies for the digital humanities. IN: Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH), co-located with the Bolzano Summer of Knowledge 2021 (BOSK 2021), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2949

Borgo, S., Compagno, N., Guarino, N., Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., An overview of some ontological challenges in engineering maintenance. IN: International workshop on Domain Ontologies for Research Data Management in Industry Commons of Materials and Manufacturing, June 2021

2020

Sanfilippo, E.M., Markhoff, B., Perrine, P., Ontological analysis and modularization of CIDOC-CRM. IN: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS): Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (FOIS 2020), vol. 330, IOS Press, pp. 107-121

2019

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S., Terkaj, W. Resources in manufacturing. IN: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518, 2019

Guarino, N., Sanfilippo E.M. Characterizing IOF terms with the DOLCE and UFO ontologies. IN: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518, 2019

Lamé, M., Pittet, P., Ponchio, F., Markhoff, B., Sanfilippo, E.M., Heterotoki: Non-structured and heterogeneous terminology alignment for Digital Humanities data producers. IN: CEUR workshop proceedings, vol. 2375, 2019

Masolo, C., Sanfilippo, E.M., Lamé, M., and Pittet, P. (2019). Modeling Concept Drift for Historical Research in the Digital Humanities. IN: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis (WODHSA). CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2518

Romero, F., Sanfilippo, E.M., Rosado, Borgo, S., Benavent, S., Feature in product engineering with single and variant design approaches. A comparative review. IN: Procedia Manufacturing 2019, vol. 41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.09.016

Belkadi, F., Sanfilippo, E.M., Martinez, L., and Bernard, A. Towards a Conceptual Modeling Framework for Additive Manufacturing Knowledge Representation. IN: Proceedings of CAD 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14733/cadconfP.2019.142-146

Benavent, S., Rosado, P., Solano, L., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., How to restructure PPDRC and MIRC according to DOLCE. IN: Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 28, 2019, Pages 195-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2018.12.032

2018

Sanfilippo, E.M., Jeanson, L., Belkadi, F., Laroche, F., Bernard, A., A foundational view on nominal and actual qualities in engineering. IN: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (FOIS 2018), vol. 306, IOS Press, pp. 149-156

Sanfilippo, E. M., Ontological foundations for feature based modeling. Proceedings of the 28th CIRP Design Conference, Procedia CIRP 70 (2018), 174-179 (link)

Sanfilippo, E.M., Why (computational) ontology matters. Proceedings o f the 7th Biennial Meeting ofthe Society of Philosophy of Science, 4-6 July, 2018, Nantes, France (to appear)

Sanfilippo, E.M., Benavent, S., Borgo, S., Guarino, N., Romero, F., Rosado, P., Solano, L., Belkadi, F., Bernard, A., (2018), Modeling Manufacturing Resources: An Ontological Approach. IN: IFIP International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, Springer, Cham, pp. 304-313

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business Process Model Activity Relationships: Is there anything beyond arrows? IN: Business Process Management Forum. BPM 2018. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 329, Springer, Cham, pp.53-70

Belkadi, F., Martinez, L.V., Bernard, A., Pei, E., Sanfilippo, E.M., Towards an unified additive manufacturing product-process model for digital chain management Purpose. IN: Procedia CIRP, vol. 70, 2018, pp. 428-433

Borgo, S. and Sanfilippo, E.M., Components and interactions: Paving the way to model agent-based cyber-physical social systems (ACPSS). IN: Proceedings of the International Conference Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering (TMCE), 7-11 May 2018, Gran Canarias, Spain

2017

Sanfilippo, E. M., Masolo, C., Ragni, M., Mandorli, F., The interplay between shape and feature representation. Proceedings of the International Workshop Shapes 4.0, The shape of Things, 2017, CEUR vol.2050 (pdf)

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business process languages: An ontology-based perspective. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI), 2017, CEUR vol.2050 (pdf)

Adamo, G., Borgo, S., Di Francescomarino, C., Ghidini, C., Guarino, N., Sanfilippo, E.M., Business process participants: An ontology-based perspective. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2017), Springer, LNCS, vol.10640, 2017 (pdf)

Masolo, C. and Sanfilippo, E.M., Representing Types through Image Schemas and Patterns, Workshop on Cognition and Ontologies (CAOS) at the AISB Annual Convention, University of Bath (UK). See the AISB proceedings.

2016

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Porello, D., and Borgo, S., Features and components in product models. IN: Ferrario, R., and Kuhn, W. (Eds.), Formal Ontology in Information Systems. Proceedings of FOIS 2016, IOS, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 2016, pp. 227-240

2015

Sanfilippo, E.M., Masolo, C., Porello, D., Design knowledge representation. An ontological perspective. IN: Lisi, F. and Borgo, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence & Design, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol-1473, 2015, pp. 41-54

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo, S., Feature-based modelling and information systems for engineering. IN: Giovannelli, M., Lamma, E. and Riguzzi, F. (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings of AIXIA 2015, Springer, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 2015, pp. 151-163

Sanfilippo, E.M., Towards an ontological formalization of technical product for design and manufacturing. IN: Cuel, R. and Young, R.I.M., Formal Ontologies meet Industry, Proceedings FOMI 2015, Springer, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 225, 2015, pp.75-87 (pdf)

2014

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo S., Masolo C., Events and activities: Is there an ontology behind BPMN?. IN: Garbacz, P. and Kutz, O. (Eds.), Formal Ontology in Information Systems, Proceedings of FOIS 2014, IOS, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 267, 2014, pp. 147-156

Borgo S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj W., Towards an Ontological Grounding of IFC. IN: Rademaker, A. and Chaudhri, V. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry. Proceedings of FOMI 2014, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1473, 2014, pp. 1-9

Sanfilippo, E.M., Borgo S., Masolo C., Towards an Ontological Analysis of BPMN. IN: Nalepa, G. and Baumeister, J. (Eds.), Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering, Proceedings of KESE 2014, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1289, 2014, pp. 1-6

2013

Schwarz U., Stenzhorn H., Koleva N., Schneider L., Sanfilippo, E.M., A Method for Semi-Automatic Extension of a Middle-Layer Ontology, Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO), July, 6-12, 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Schwarz, U., Schneider, L., Sanfilippo, E.M., Stenzhorn, H., Koleva, N., Health Data Ontology Trunk: A middle-layer ontology for health care. Bio-Ontology SIG 2013, 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 12th European Conference on Computational Biology, July, 21-23, 2013, Berlin, Gemany,

2012

Sanfilippo, E. M., Schwarz, U., Schneider, L., The Health Data Ontology Trunk (HDOT). Towards an ontological representation of cancer-related knowledge. Proceedings of the 5th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation, The TUMOR Project Workshop, October, 22-23, 2012, Athens

Book chapters

Antonietti, L., and Sanfilippo, E.M. (to appear) Dalle ontologie bibliografiche al progetto BiGraFo: un modello semantico per l'opera di Franco Fortini (informazioni aggiuntive saranno presto disponibili)

Tomazzoli, G. and Sanfilippo, E.M. (to appear). Dal testo letterario al testo critico: sfide per un modello formale sull'interpretazione (informazioni aggiuntive saranno presto disponibili).

Borgo, S., Sanfilippo, E.M., Sojic, A., Terkaj, W., Ontological Analysis and Engineering Standards: an Initial Study of IFC, in V. Ebrahimpour and S.Yacout (Eds.), Ontology Modeling in Physical Asset Integrity Management, Springer International Publishing, 2015

Posters

Sanfilippo, E.M., Tomazzoli, G., Paolini Paoletti, M., Favazzo, J., and Ferrario, R. (2024). Per un'analisi dei personaggi tra letteratura, filosofia e ontologia applicata. Me.Te. Digitali. Mediterraneo in rete tra testi e contesti, Proceedings del XIII Convegno Annuale AIUCD2024.
DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/7927. In: Quaderni di Umanistica Digitale.

Sanfilippo, E.M, Ontology-based Product Modelling. Poster presentation at the Early Career Symposium of the 8th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2014), September, 22-25 , 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sanfilippo, E.M. et al., An ontology for the protection of animals in scientific investigations. Poster presentation at the satellite meeting Bio-Ontology SIG 2013, 21st Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, 12th European Conference on Computational Biology, July, 21-23, 2013, Berlin, Germany

Edited Special Issues

Tomazzoli., G., Paolini Paoletti, M., Sanfilippo, E.M. (2025). Humanities (MDPI), special issue on The Interpretation of Fictional Characters in Literary Texts: History of Literary Criticism, Philosophy and Formal Ontologies, vol. 14(3-10).  Reprint as volume is also available.

Bahar, A., Terkaj, W., Poveda-Villalón, M., Sanfilippo E.M (corresponding author), Semantic Web for Industrial Engineering: Research and Applications. Special issue of the Semantic Web journal, vol. 15, no. 2, 2024 (link)

Sanfilippo, E.M., Kitamura, Y., Young, R.I.M. (Eds.), Formal ontologies in manufacturing. Special issue of the Applied Ontology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp.119-197, 201

Edited Proceedings

Sanfilippo, E.M.  et al. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop, CEUR Workshop Proceedings vol. 3240, 2022

Sanfilippo, E.M.  et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, CEUR workshop proceedings vol. 2969, 2021

Sanfilippo, E.M., Terkaj, W. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop, within the Proceedings of the International Conference Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production (CARV), Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 28, Elsevier, 2018

Sanfilippo, E.M., Daniele, L., Colombo, G. (Eds.), Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop, within the Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops 2017 Episode 3: The Tyrolean Autumn of Ontology, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 2050, 2017