Ontology
Philosophy of existence
Ontology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being and existence—what kinds of things exist and how they relate to each other.
In computing and information science, an ontology is a formal framework defining categories, properties, and relationships within a domain: The database uses an ontology to classify species.
The philosophical and technical senses share a concern with how we organize reality into meaningful categories.
Philosophy of existence's nature
- existenceState of being real
- realityWhat actually exists
- substancePhysical material with mass
- categoriesGroups of related things
Aristotle · universals · particulars · identity · properties · relations · causation · modality
Network of related meanings
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- classesInstructional sessions or groupings
- entitiesThings that exist
relationships · hierarchy · OWL · inference · reasoning · metadata · triples · nodes
Arranging into groups
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- frameworkUnderlying support system
structure · organization · domain · classes · subclasses · parent · child · inheritance
What something signifies
- conceptsAbstract mental constructs
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- termsConditions of an agreement
- vocabularyOne's word collection
glossary · thesaurus · synonymy · lexicon · terminology · conceptual · signification · denotation
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
categories · Aristotle · universals · particulars · identity · properties · relations · causation · modality · phenomenology
semantic web
Network of related meanings
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- classesInstructional sessions or groupings
entities · relationships · hierarchy · OWL · inference · reasoning · metadata · triples · nodes · edges
categorization
Arranging into groups
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- typologyClassification by shared traits
framework · structure · organization · domain · classes · subclasses · parent · child · inheritance · tree
meaning
What something signifies
- conceptsAbstract mental constructs
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- termsConditions of an agreement
vocabulary · glossary · thesaurus · synonymy · lexicon · terminology · conceptual · signification · denotation · reference
Ontologyepistemology
Theory of knowledge
phenomenology · axiology · empiricism · pragmatism · methodology
Ontologyunreality
Quality of being imaginary
nihilism · nothingness · nonexistence · illusion · maya