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Ontology

nounid 5004·updated May 18, 2026
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A set of concepts and categories in a subject area or knowledge domain that shows their properties and the relationships among them to enable interoperability among disparate elements and systems and specify interfaces to independent, knowledge-based services for the purpose of enabling certain kinds of automated reasoning.

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Framework definitions

IEEE Guide for Terms and Concepts in Intelligent Process Automation1 senseview framework →
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A set of concepts and categories in a subject area or knowledge domain that shows their properties and the relationships among them to enable interoperability among disparate elements and systems and specify interfaces to independent, knowledge-based services for the purpose of enabling certain kinds of automated reasoning.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
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the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
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(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations

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