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I suppose people often use ontology and taxonomy interchangeably (incorrectly so, but harmlessly incorrect, usually), but you wouldn't throw By the way, last year, my Classification Theory professor (a very smart guy) expressed similar uncertainty about the practical distinction between taxonomies and ontologies,
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The terms taxonomy, ontology, directory, cataloging, categorization and classification are often confused and used interchangeably. These are all ways of organizing information (or things ... There are a number of applications that can help people create taxonomies and place information objects within their categories,
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www.searchtools.com/info/classifiers.html
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Applications that aid and automate creation of Yahoo-style directories. ... Automatically categorizes given content and then allows administrators to create unique taxonomies with a Windows client console, mapping categories and subcategories to the main ontology. Includes a test tool to view content in ontology.
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www.searchtools.com/info/classifiers-tools.html
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Short and long answers from Tom Gruber of Knowledge Systems Lab at Stanford University. ... An ontology is an explicit specification of a conceptualization. The term is borrowed from philosophy, where an Ontology is a systematic account of Existence. For AI systems, what "exists" is that which can be represented.
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In addition, here is a link to an excellent article on understanding the basics of ontology. ... Metadata, taxonomies, ontologies, controlled vocabularies are all becoming increasingly important, and particularly creating definitive resources for these areas that can be shared enterprise-wide.
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www.whatralphknows.com/2003/11/metadata_taxonomies_onto...
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What Ralph Knows is a blog about knowledge worker productivity, knoweldge management, Learning and Process Methodologies ... In addition, here is a link to an excellent article on understanding the basics of ontology. ... Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Metadata, Taxonomies, Ontology and Vocabularies.
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advantages of ontology languages over taxonomies. Section 3 describes mechanisms provided by UDDI and ebXML registries for associating semantics with the services advertised. 2 Service Semantics through Ontology Languages;
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CLARITY IN THE USAGE OF THE TERMS ONTOLOGY, TAXONOMY; AND CLASSIFICATION; Reinout van Rees; Civil engineering informatics, Delft University of Technology reinout@vanrees.org; SUMMARY; There is a lack of clarity when discussing the following three terms: classifications, taxonomies and ontologies.
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