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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.
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=Introduction=
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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. 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:
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: -> Thing
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:: -> Computer
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::: -> Hardware
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:::: -> Operating System
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::::: -> Software
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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.
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=Related=
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* [[PUID]]
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* [[Planets Core Registry]]
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* [http://planetarium.hki.uni-koeln.de/planets_cms/ontology/PLANETSOntology.owl Planets project Ontology]
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=References=
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* http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ontology
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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

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.

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[edit] References

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