I will answer this in the context of OWL ontologies...
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Are There Any Tools to Help Find Common Pitfalls in Ontologies?
Yes. Check out http://oeg-lia3.dia.fi.upm.es/oops/. The authors looked through the literature and discovered...
Oh brave new world… How semantic technology can improve your IT productivity while protecting your legacy IT investments
Workers, professionals and managers are all becoming acutely aware of...
What is gist, and what does it stand for?
gist is a minimalist upper ontology designed to aid the...
Semantic technology – the path to becoming more perceptive, intelligent and collaborative
Semantic technologies will create incremental value by making us more...
Effectiveness, efficiency and strategic advantage – the promise of semantic technology
Semantic technology makes us more effective, efficient and strategic. Effectiveness. A system...
What is the real difference between “on premise” systems and SaaS?
They can be the same software. That isn’t the essential...
What is the pragmatic difference between a public cloud and a private cloud?
It mostly depends on whether you are the cloudor or...
How do you handle a two phased commit in an SOA environment?
There are four approaches (and a couple of the can...
Can an ontology provide enough detailed information to build logical data models in the future?
A good ontology simplifies your information management systems because it...