Relationships Related Term:  classification scheme taxonomy n. ~ 1. Philosophy · The study of the nature of existence. - 2. Computing · The study of concepts and their relationships in an information [..]

A formal specification of a conceptualization; i.e. the objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the relationships that hold among them.

"metaphysical science or study of being," 1660s (Gideon Harvey), from Modern Latin ontologia (c. 1600), from onto- + -logy.

Branch of metaphysics concerned with identifying, in the most general terms, the kinds of things that actually exist. Thus, the "ontological commitments" of a philosophical position include [..]

A hierarchical organization of concepts, typically used to denote 'more-general-than' and/or 'part-of' relationships. Yandell, M. D. and Majoros, W. H. Genomics and natural [..]

Ontologies are formal representations of knowledge that provide definitions of entities, their attributes and relationships to other objects.

A listing of statements written in a resource description framework (RDF).

the department of philosophy which comprises the question of existence as a whole. From some philosophical viewpoints, is synonymous with metaphysics, wherein both make basic queries regarded what rea [..]

In philosophy it is the study of being. As it relates to search, it is the attempt to create an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema about a domain. An ontology is typically a hierarchical data s [..]

Within computer science and information science, an ontology is a rigorous and exhaustive system for representing entities and the relationships between them.

 a catalog of items

A type of relational controlled vocabulary, which provides for categories, relationships, rules and axioms among metadata elements. Typically a hierarchy of classes and terms, an ontology is a machine-readable way of relating metadata terminology. Related GuideSynonyms: Ontologies

In the context of scientific research, an ontology defines a set of keywords, metadata or concepts with which to organize a domain of knowledge. The vocabulary pool typically includes synonyms and rel [..]

A classification system with nodes or entities, that allows non-hierarchical relationships, in contrast to a taxonomy, which is hierarchical. Taxonomies and ontologies are important in content to help [..]

Ontology is the theory of the nature of being or existence.

(n) (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations(n) the metaphysical study [..]

In ancient times, Ontology referred to study of Being and fell into disrepute in modern times, but Edmund Husserl revived the idea of the study of different forms of Being and Phenomenology and Existe [..]

A hierarchical structure that formally defines the semantic relationship of a set of concepts. Used to create structured / controlled vocabularies for the discovery or exchange of information. A thesa [..]

philosophical study of the nature of being, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology

the branch of metaphysics which deals with the study of what exists; the assumptions about existence underlying a theory.

The creation of a systematically ordered data structure that enhances exchange of information between computers and scientists. Ontologies enable the definition and sharing of domain-specific vocabularies.

Ontology has a philosophical definition as well as an IT oriented meaning which is more suitable in the context of Digital Asset Management. An ontology show the relationships, properties and function [..]

A systematically ordered representation of knowledge about a domain, in terms of its objects, concepts and other entities, as well as the variety of relationships among them.

  An ontology is a conceptualisation of a domain – i.e. a structuring/modelling of some portion of reality from a particular view point. Ontologies are significant for ÆKOS because they embody an unde [..]

To researchers interested in the representation of biological knowledge by computer programs and databases, "ontology" refers to a controlled vocabulary, or set of such vocabularies, used to describe biological features within a specified domain of biological knowledge.

 A theory of the existence of a structured set of essential components of an object for which explicit expression is necessary (is mandatory?) for designing, operating and changing the object, the obj [..]

(uncountable,philosophy) The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being ''qua'' being. *(Review)|location=Lon [..]