ontology (computer science)

In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.Ontologies are used in artificial intelligence, the semantic web, software engineering, biomedical informatics and information architecture as a form of knowledge representation about the world or some part of it. Ontologies generally describe:Individuals: the basic or "ground level" objectsClasses: sets, collections, or types of objectsAttributes: properties, features, characteristics, or parameters that objects can have and shareRelations: ways that objects can be related to one anotherEvents: the changing of attributes or relations
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