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ontology language  

Definition

  • A type of formal language that models the structure of a system in essence acting as a formal representation of a set of concepts and categories within a domain or subject area, their properties, and the relationships between them.

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  • ontology languages

Source

  • Guarino, Nicola, Daniel Oberle, and Steffen Staab. 2009. “What Is an Ontology?” In Handbook on Ontologies, 1–17. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

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http://purl.org/knot/thesaurus/ontology_language

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