It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology as ... - Tom Gruber
It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology as ... - Tom Gruber
It Is What It Does: The Pragmatics of Ontology as ... - Tom Gruber
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<strong>What</strong> is an ontology?• An ontology is an explicit specification <strong>of</strong> aconceptualization.• A conceptualization is an abstract,simplified view <strong>of</strong> the world that we want torepresent.• If the specification medium is a formallanguage, the ontology defines arepresentational foundation.(c) 2000, 2003 Thom<strong>as</strong> <strong>Gruber</strong>
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