Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science
The Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (IFOMIS) is a research group at the Philosophy Institute of Saarland University. Its main research and development activities are:
Historically, IFOMIS originated in April 2002 utilizing the Wolfgang Paul Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to Prof. Barry Smith. Substantial funding was provided also by the Volkswagen Foundation and by the European Commission .