Ontologies
definition: From a theoretical point of view, ontology is the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence. In practice, an ontology is normally viewed as a formal representation of all semantic objects and their connections in a Universe of Discourse. Mapping these semantic objects onto language units (words, phrases, text segments, etc.) is the task of semantic processing in NLP.
related organisation(s):
- Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA)
related person(s):
- Adam Pease
- James A. Hendler
- Sergei Nirenburg
- John A. Bateman
- Kevin Knight
- Dieter Fensel
- Eduard H. Hovy
- Nicola Guarino
- George Miller
related system(s) / resource(s):
- Sigma Knowledge Engineering Environment
- Medical Subject Headings
- OWL Ontology Library
- OntoBroker (Inference Engine)
- OntoMat (Ontology-based Annotation Tool)
- CyC Knowledge Server (Knowledge Base / Inference Engine)
- The Generalized Upper Model 2.0
- ICD: International Code of Diseases
- SENSUS
- GermaNet
- Protégé (Ontology Editor)
- Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO)
- EuroWordNet
- MIKROKOSMOS (not freely available any more)
- SNOMED: Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
- UMLS MetaThesaurus
- OntoEdit (Ontology Editor)
- WordNet - a Lexical Database for English
- UMLS Semantic Network
- CycSecure
- MindNet
relevant source(s):
- Open, International, Virtual Community of Practice on Ontology, Ontological Engineering and Semantic Technology (ontolog)
- International Conference on formal Ontology in Information Systems
- Ontology Portal
- Standard Upper Ontology Working Group (SUO)
- ANSI Ad Hoc Group on Ontology Standards
- Web-Ontology Working Group (WebOnt)
- John Sowa's Ontology Web Site