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Towards an Ontology for the Foundations of Software Languages

Ralf L\"ammel

A new ontology called Foundations of Software Languages organizes core concepts across programming, modeling, and software engineering languages to aid computer science education.

arxiv:2605.17374 v1 · 2026-05-17 · cs.SE

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The primary objective of FSL is to serve as a knowledge resource in Computer Science education by connecting several subject areas in a principled manner.

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That the foundations of software languages can be usefully captured, categorized, and formalized into a single ontology using standard engineering steps plus generative AI assistance, and that this structure will meaningfully aid education.

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The first release of the Foundations of Software Languages ontology (FSL V1) organizes categories, concepts, tools, and formal foundations of software languages to support computer science education.

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[1] Guest Editors’ Introduction to the Special Section on Software Language Engineering.IEEE Trans 2009

[2] https: //doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90800-7 2018 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90800-7

[3] Technological Spaces: An Initial Appraisal 2002

[4] Comparison and classification of programming languages.Cybern 1975

[5] The Classification of Programming Languages by Usage.Int 1987

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arxiv: 2605.17374 · arxiv_version: 2605.17374v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.17374 · pith_short_12: F6GG7NKQ46B2 · pith_short_16: F6GG7NKQ46B2S5WW · pith_short_8: F6GG7NKQ

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