The European IST Project I-Mass (IST-1999-20878)
The basis for knowledge representation I-Mass is the ontology or ontological framework that is used to shape the knowledge landscape. Such an ontology models the domain of discourse and, as such, determines in a Wittgensteinian fashion what may [not] be spoken about.
This implies that the ontology must in principle be able to cover the whole cultural domain, and not be restricted to either the so-called "high-culture" of the elite or to the western view on culture. I-Mass is based on the CIDOC-Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC-CRM) for several 'practical' requirements, such as allowing for machine interpretation and minimising semantic completeness.