[Sigia-l] Question about the use of the term 'ontology'

[Lars Marius Garshol]

* Peter Van Dijck
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| Fun. Here's mine (simplified), and it's faceted ;)

:-)
 
| Facet: overall structure
| - list
| - tree
| - web

This one I like. Note that tree subsumes list and web subsumes tree.
Also, I'd say:

  controlled vocabulary -> list (usually, if interpreted strictly)
  taxonomy -> tree
  ontology -> web
 
| Facet: detailed structure (relationships)
| - polyhierarchy
| - synonym
| - ...

This one is really tough. :-)
 
| Facet: usage
| - search
| - browse
| - abstract organization

I like this, too. I guess "abstract organization" could be called
"terminology organization" or "knowledge management", too.
 
| Facet: origin
| - Library science
| - Computer science
| -- semantic web community
| - Artificial intelligence community

Hmmm. I think the AI folks belong under CS, and we could start a
flamewar by claiming that the SW folks belong under AI. :-)

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