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From Encyclopedia To Ontology: Toward Dynamic Representation Of The Discipline Of Philosophy
Three pieces of accepted wisdom when modeling ontologies
(1) There is no one correct way to model a domain-there are always viable alternatives. The best solution almost always depends on the application that you have in mind and the extensions that you anticipate. (2) Ontology development is necessarily an iterative process. (3)…
What Are The Differences Between A Vocabulary, A Taxonomy, A Thesaurus, An Ontology, And A Meta-model?
Meta-models and ontologies
A meta-model is an explicit model of the constructs and rules needed to build specific models within a domain of interest. A valid meta-model is an ontology, but not all ontologies are modeled explicitly as meta-models. A meta-model can be viewed from three different…