http://wordie.org/words/ontology Comments for the word 'Ontology' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/ontology#comments The term <a href="/words/ontology">ontology</a> has its origin in philosophy, where it is the name of a fundamental branch of metaphysics concerned with existence. According to Tom Gruber at Stanford University, the meaning of ontology in the context of computer science, however, is “a description of the concepts and relationships that can exist for an agent or a community of agents.” He goes on to specify that an ontology is generally written, “as a set of definitions of formal vocabulary.” - Wikipedia entry for ontology (computer science) Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:19:20 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/ontology#comments http://wordie.org/words/ontology#comments <a href="/words/ipn-iee">ipn-iee</a> offers a formula for understanding 'being'...if you're interested. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:43:46 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/ontology#comments