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| − | The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities.  | + | =Introduction=  | 
| + | The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. Ontologies are very important for [[Digital Preservation]] as it makes objects and their relations to other objects easier to describe. A very simple, non exhaustive, example of a software object:  | ||
| + | : -> Thing  | ||
| + | :: -> Computer  | ||
| + | ::: -> Hardware  | ||
| + | :::: -> Operating System  | ||
| + | ::::: -> Software  | ||
| + | Computer relates to Hardware, and Hardware has objects like CPU Architecture, Disk, Videocard, etc. Operating Systems could relate to a certain CPU Architecture, which relates back to Hardware. Software can -most of the time- only run on a specific Operating System, which can only run on a certain CPU Architecture, which relates back to a certain type of Hardware.  | ||
| + | =Related=  | ||
| + | * [[PUID]]  | ||
| + | * [[Planets Core Registry]]  | ||
| + | * [http://planetarium.hki.uni-koeln.de/planets_cms/ontology/PLANETSOntology.owl Planets project Ontology]  | ||
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| + | =References=  | ||
| + | * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontology  | ||
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| + | [[Category:Information]]  | ||
Latest revision as of 17:27, 10 June 2017
[edit] Introduction
The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. Ontologies are very important for Digital Preservation as it makes objects and their relations to other objects easier to describe. A very simple, non exhaustive, example of a software object:
-  -> Thing
-  -> Computer
-  -> Hardware
-  -> Operating System
- -> Software
 
 
 -  -> Operating System
 
 -  -> Hardware
 
 -  -> Computer
 
Computer relates to Hardware, and Hardware has objects like CPU Architecture, Disk, Videocard, etc. Operating Systems could relate to a certain CPU Architecture, which relates back to Hardware. Software can -most of the time- only run on a specific Operating System, which can only run on a certain CPU Architecture, which relates back to a certain type of Hardware.