...implementation shows that this provides an efficient and scalable solution for the retrieval problem. An ontology defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge [7] . It consists of the definitions for the basic concepts of a domain and their relationships. These...

...all databases and applications that need to share domain information (where a domain is meant to be a specific subject area or area of knowledge, like...tool manufacturing, real estate, automobile repair, fmancial management, etc.). Automated tools will use these ontologies for advanced services such as...

...Stack 15 " Based on RDF, the Web Ontology Language (OWL) serves for the modelling of ontologies. 451 "An ontology defines the terms used to describe and...are used by people, databases, and applications that •"* World Wide Web Consortium (2004). 4W See Neumeier/Lower/Picot (2003), which is adapted from Fensel/Patel-Schneide...

...4.5.3). In the understanding of OWL, an ontology is a subject- or domain specific vocabulary which defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge [332]. However, there are other definitions of the term Ontology which are given in section 4.6. OWL...

...describe and represent an area of knowledge (Chandrasekaran, Josephson, & Benjamins, 1999; W3C, 2003). Ontologies are used by people, databases, and applications...that need to share domain information. A domain is a specific subject area or area of knowledge, like medicine, tool manufacturing, real estate, automobile...

...OWL Requirements Documents (you will learn all about Web Ontology Language (OWL) in the Chapter 5): An ontology defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge. [33] There are several aspects of this definition that need to be clarified. First, this definition...

...in nearly all aspects of life and that will become as necessary to us as access to electric power. An ontology defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge. It represents the semantics of business objects and enables the use of semantics through ICT applications...

...concludes and summarizes the chapter. 2. SUPPORTING ONTOLOGY An ontology (Chandrasekaran el al., 1999) defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge (like medicine, tool manufacturing, automobile repair, financial management, etc.), including computer-usable...

...conceptualization" . Another, almost famous, definition by Gruber is cited by DE BRUIJN (2003, p. 5): Ontologies are used by people, databases, and applications that need to share domain information; they include computer-usable definitions of basic concepts in the domain and the relationships among...