Title :
Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?
Author :
Jepsen, Thomas C.
Author_Institution :
IT consultant, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Abstract :
This tutorial article describes some definitions of "ontology" as it relates to computer applications and gives an overview of some common ontology-based applications.
Keywords :
ontologies (artificial intelligence); ontology-based application; Application software; Computer science; Dairy products; Markup languages; Microstrip; OWL; Ontologies; Resource description framework; Semantic Web; Unified modeling language; IT Professional; Unified Modeling Language (UML); Web Ontology Language (OWL); class; immanent; instance; knowledge management; knowledge representation; ontology; semantic network; transcendent;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2009.105
