Welcome to the homepage of the IAOA. We will be extending this page over the coming weeks and month and welcome your input; meanwhile you will find all the necessary information to see what the association is for, what it might do for you, and how you can join.


Mission Statement:
The International Association for Ontology and its Applications is a non-profit organization the purpose of which is to promote interdisciplinary research and international collaboration at the intersection of philosophical ontology, linguistics, logic, cognitive science, and computer science, as well as in the applications of ontological analysis to conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering, knowledge management, information-systems development, library and information science, scientific research, and semantic technologies in general.
IAOA is open to all individuals and institutions who share its goals.