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In information science it is used as model to describe a domain of knowledge with the help of classes, attributes, relationships and some more components.
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In information science ontologies are used as a model to describe a domain of knowledge with the help of classes, attributes, relationships and some more components.
 
With the help of this domain of knowledge, the ontology is used as tool to create a common base of understanding on a topic. It can also be reused and extended.
 
With the help of this domain of knowledge, the ontology is used as tool to create a common base of understanding on a topic. It can also be reused and extended.
  
After Gruber ontologies are an "explicit specification of a conceptualization".
 
  
  
  
==Sources==
 
  
#''Gruber, Thomas R.: Toward Principles for the Design of Ontologies Used for Knowledge Sharing. International Journal Human-Computer Studies 43(5-6):907-928, Elsevier, 1995.''
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==Sources==
 
#''https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-semantics-20040210/syntax.html''
 
#''https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-semantics-20040210/syntax.html''

Revision as of 15:31, 9 July 2016

In information science ontologies are used as a model to describe a domain of knowledge with the help of classes, attributes, relationships and some more components. With the help of this domain of knowledge, the ontology is used as tool to create a common base of understanding on a topic. It can also be reused and extended.



Sources

  1. https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-semantics-20040210/syntax.html