Explore the relationship between Taxonomy and Ontology with this presentation by Michael Uschold from a keynote talk at the International Conference on Semantic Computing.
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The Menu (Taxonomy) vs. the Meal (Ontology)
Taxonomy and Thesauri:
- Focus is on words, not concepts (the menu).
- Relationships are between terms: synonym, hyponym, broader/narrower term.
- Each term should refer to just one concept.
Ontology:
- Focus is on concepts (the meal).
- Relationships are between concepts.
- Formal definitions.
- Automated inference.
How do we bring it all together?
- Understand the value where each approach adds the most value.
- Find the touch points and link them all up.
- Can Everyone and every tool live in harmony?
- It is not impossible, we are pushing hard and it gets easier!