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Revision 19 . . December 10, 2001 8:30 am by Jmd2121 [clarification/expansion of the AI / CS use of the phrase ''ontology'']
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See also artificial intelligence for the specialized use of the word ontology
See also artificial intelligence for the specialized use of the word ontology: for applications within computers, specifically in an area known as knowledge representation, an ontology is a data structure containing all the relevant entities and their relationships within a domain. Computer programs can then use the ontology for a variety of purposes including inductive reasoning, classification, and a varety problem solving techniques. Typically, ontologies in computers are tied closely with controlled vocabularies.

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