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ONTOLOGY [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Processing of Language Data
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

[A collection] of statements written in a language such as RDF [resource description framework] that define the relations between concepts and specify logical rules for reasoning about them.

OBS

Computers will "understand" the meaning of semantic data on a web page by following links to specified ontologies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatisation des données linguistiques
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Ensemble d'informations dans lequel sont définis les concepts et qui décrit les relations logiques qu'ils entretiennent entre eux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procesamiento por computadora de datos lingüísticos
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Formulación de un exhaustivo y riguroso esquema conceptual dentro de uno o varios dominios dados con la finalidad de facilitar la comunicación y la compartición de la información entre diferentes sistemas y entidades.

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Record 2 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
DEF

The branch of philosophy concerned with the ultimate nature of existence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
DEF

Étude de l'être en tant qu'être, c'est-à-dire l'étude des propriétés générales de ce qui existe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía (Generalidades)
DEF

[Rama de la filosofía que] se ocupa de la definición del ser y de establecer las categorías fundamentales o modos generales de ser de las cosas a partir del estudio de sus propiedades, estructuras y sistemas.

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