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An ontology is supposed to be a formal way of describing things so that the people who want to discuss their concepts have a very clear and disambiguated set of
by steerpike 7y ago
An ontology is supposed to be a formal way of describing things so that the people who want to discuss their concepts have a very clear and disambiguated set of terms for conducting that discussion.
There's more to it than that, but really that's the most practical explanation of ontologies within the most common context you'll likely encounter it.
A good example is the BBC Program ontology[0] which you can see the practical usage of in the (still fantastic) talk 'Beyond the polar bear'[1]
[0]https://www.bbc.co.uk/ontologies/po https://www.bbc.co.uk/ontologies/po
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iaqcf9-riI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iaqcf9-riI