This document discusses the ontology of time and presents it as an important philosophical domain that is foundational to ontology, essential in physics and knowledge representation, and a basic component of language. It explores whether time is absolute or relative and what its fundamental structure is, outlining different perspectives on temporal relations and axioms.

1. The Ontology of Time
Formal Ontology for Knowledge Representation and Natural Language
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2. Introduction
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3. Time
An important philosophical domain of inquiry
A foundational ontology
An essential domain in Physics
An essential domain in Knowledge Representation and
Reasoning
A basic ingredient of linguistic statements
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