Writers' First Review Draft: (2VB2)
Term (2Y1J)
Ontology (2Y1K)
Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term (2Y1L)
Data Reference Model Wiki http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Enterprise_Architecture_Glossary_Of_Terms#nid2PS5 (2Y1M)
OMB Context Definition (2Y1N)
Reference/URL OMB Context Definition (2Y1O)
Business Definition (2Y1P)
A hierarchical structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organised by relationships; a system model (2Y1Q)
Reference/URL for Business Definition (2Y1R)
Wiktionary, "Ontology." Available from: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ontology (2Y1S)
Technical Definition (2Y1T)
In computer science, an ontology is the product of an attempt to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema about a domain. An ontology is typically a hierarchical data structure containing all the relevant entities and their relationships and rules within that domain (eg. a domain ontology). The computer science usage of the term ontology is derived from the much older usage of the term ontology in philosophy. The purpose of a computational ontology is not to specify what does or does not 'exist', but to create a database containing concepts referring to entities of interest to the ontologist, and which will be useful in performing certain types of computations. (2Y1U)
Reference/URL Technical Definition (2Y1V)
Wikipedia, "Ontology." Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_%28computer_science%29 (2Y1W)
Context Definition 1 (2Y1X)
The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. (2Y1Y)
Reference/URL Context Definition 1 (2Y1Z)
Dictionary.com. "Ontology." Available from: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ontology (2Y20)
Context Definition 2 (2Y21)
Reviewer Comment: ontology is a specification of a conceptualization (2Y22)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 2 (2Y23)
Reviewer Comment: http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.html (2Y24)
Context Definition 3 (2Y25)
Reference/URL for Context Definition 3 (2Y26)
See Also Related Terms (2Y27)