Re: Ontology, ISO 15926 and Piping Design

On Dec 1, 2007, at 1:23 AM, Paul Bowers wrote:

> I challenge you all to read and weigh in with insightful comments.

Get back to me when someone figures out what ontology means. Some of these definitions must have been written by a Chomskybot Definitions of ontology on the Web:

Ontologies resemble faceted taxonomies but use richer semantic relationships among terms and attributes, as well as strict rules about how to ...

The study of being.

When we refer to an ontology in the context of MetaCyc, we are usually referring to a hierarchical classification system that is used to organize information within the database. ...

a study of the ultimate nature of things.

the study of the broadest range of categories of existence, which also asks questions about the existence of particular kinds of objects, such as numbers or moral facts.

An explicit representation of the meaning of terms in a vocabulary, and their relationships. C18.4

The science or study of being; that department of metaphysics which relates to the being or essence of things, or to being in the abstract. 1721 BAILEY, Ontology, an Account of being in the Abstract. a1832 BENTHAM Fragm. Ontol. Wks. 1843 VIII. ...

the study of being and what constitutes objective and subjective existence, and what it means to exist

One example of a KOS . Ontologies are being developed as specific concept models by the Knowledge Management community. They can represent complex relationships between objects, and include the rules and axioms missing from semantic networks. ...

In philosophy, ontology refers to the study of existence, or the creation of Ňa systematic account of existence. ...

The science of being or reality in the abstract, particularly as related to ideas or theories.

A common vocabulary for describing the concepts that exist in an area of knowledge and the relationships that exist between them. An ontology allows for a more detailed specification of the relationships in a domain than is the case with a thesaurus or taxonomy. ...

specification of a conceptualisation of a knowledge domain. An ontology is a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them in a formal way, and has a grammar for using the vocabulary terms to express something meaningful within a specified domain of interest. ...

  From the Greek onto "on being". Metaphysics, nature and essence of existence. [OED] Narrower terms bio- ontology, Gene Ontology TM , molecular biology ontology Ontologies glossary

One of the major branches of philosophy, most often contrasted with epistemology. Essentially, ontology is the study of what actually is. For most people, for most purposes, ontology ultimately comes down to physics.

The more specific area of metaphysics dealing with questions of Being (Greek: ontos). While metaphysics deals with the workings of the universe, ontology is a simple question of what exists and how.

The creation of a systematically ordered data structure that enhances exchange of information between computers and scientists. Ontologies enable the definition and sharing of domain-specific vocabularies.

is derived from the two Greek words (ontos) meaning "to be" and (logos) meaning "word." Ontology is the science or study of being.

The branch of METAPHYSICS which studies the nature of existence. Central questions include: What kinds of objects exist? What is it for something to exist?

An ontology is an explicit specification of a conceptualization. [2] An ontology is a shared understanding of some domain of interest. [9]

A structured information model of a domain capable of supporting reasoning by human users and software agents.

Relates to the nature of being; an underlying conception of the world; that which is being pre-supposed by a theory.

ontologies should give an account of historical, material enactments of representation/reflection (purification) and depresentation/ diffraction (translation), of the molair and moleculair (Deleuze), of convergence and disruption, of transmission and resistance/noise (by analogy: of the analog ...

in Philosophy, the study or 'science' of Being, and Knowing about 'Being'. This includes discussions and treatises on consciousness of existence, whether 'existence preceeds essence' or vice versa, and other concepts of 'self-in-the-world' or 'being-in-the-world'

The study of nature of existence.

the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek , genitive : of being (part. of : to be) and -λογία: science, study, theory) is the study of being or existence. ...

In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.

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