•Ontology本體論 (in Philosophy, the original meaning)
•A theory/description of the nature of existence, which
predicts what types of things exist.
•Ontology 知識本體
• (In computer science, the meaning
in use)
•A document defining all (conceptual) terms in a system by
describing all their relations.
•-An ontology usually contain a
taxonomy of elements, as well as some
inference rules.