General
Ontology
An ontology is a formal specification of a shared conceptualization.
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Definition
An ontology is a formal specification of a shared conceptualization.
Examples
- Schema.org vocabulary
- FOAF ontology
Related terms
- Schema.org
A collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond.
- OWL
Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a semantic web language designed to represent rich and complex knowledge about things.
- Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is an extension of the World Wide Web through standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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Schema types
- Person — Individual people
- Organization — Companies and groups
- Product — Items for sale
- Event — Concerts and conferences
- Article — Blog posts and news
- Recipe — Cooking instructions