Re: Ontology vs. taxonomy

> Can we please have a discussion thread about the meaning and 
> application of taxonomies and ontologies?
> 
> As is normal in the course of discussion, the terminology can become 
> muddy.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> MJB Indexing Service

MJB:

I've gathered a number of articles on my controlled vocabulary website 
that attempt to tackle this subject. 

http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/links.html

You might want to check the ones labeled, "Woody Pidcock gives his 
explantion about the differences between, 'a vocabulary, a taxonomy, a 
thesaurus, an ontology, and a meta-model.'"

He seems to believe that an ontology can take several forms, of which 
a controlled vocabulary would be one subset. 

The Boxes and Arrows site has a good article about Controlled 
Vocabularies and ontologies are mentioned. See the article at:
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/what_is_a_controlled_vocabulary.
php
 (watch out for the line returns)

And be sure to check out the follow up discussions at:
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/what_is_a_controlled_vocabulary.
php?page=discuss

Hope that helps.

David
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