In dictionaries:
formal ontology
An ontology with a structure that is guided and defined through axioms.
ontology (philosophy)
ontology recapitulates phylogeny
Web Ontology Language
(computing, Internet) A formal language (or family of languages) used to draw inferences from a large data set, especially from the Semantic Web
Object-oriented ontology
In metaphysics, object-oriented ontology is a 21st-century Heidegger-influenced school of thought that rejects the privileging of human existence over the existence of nonhuman objects.
Gene Ontology
a major bioinformatics initiative to unify the representation of gene and gene product attributes across all species.
Ontology engineering
(computer science) A field which studies the methods and methodologies for building ontologies.
Upper ontology
In information science, an upper ontology (also known as a top-level ontology, upper model, or foundation ontology) is an ontology (in the sense used in information science) that consists of very general terms (such as "object", "property", "relation") that are common across all domains.
Ontology language
In computer science and artificial intelligence, ontology languages are formal languages used to construct ontologies.
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