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Chemical Ontologies I533 Seminar 21.Feb.2006 Kent Holaday Overview Define Ontology Knowledge Representations Applications of Ontologies Chemical Ontologies Ontology Defined Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary1 : a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being2 : a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of existents Ontology Defined (cont.) Google Definitions on the web An ontology is a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them in a formal way, and has a grammar for using the vocabulary terms to express something meaningful within a specified domain of interest. Source: .au/~webindexing/Webbook2Ed/glossary.htm Ontology is the newest label attached to some KOSs. Ontologies are being developed as specific concept models by the Knowledge Management community. They can represent complex relationships between objects, and include the rules and axioms missing from semantic networks. Ontologies that describe knowledge in a specific area are often connected with systems for data mining and knowledge management. Source: /dept/library/Departments/abc/SACSEM-SemInGlossary.htm Knowledge Representations INFORMAL Tagging Folksonomies Examples del.icio.us flickr Yahoo My Web 2.0 FORMAL Lists Thesauri Taxonomies Ontologies /ontology/faq_q1.htm Examples IUPAC, MeSH, LCSH, XML schema/DTD IUPAC Nomenclature Compendium of Chemical Terminology carbon Element number 6 of the periodic table of elements (electronic ground state 1s2 2s2 2p2). For a description of the various types of carbon as a solid the term carbon should be used only in combination with an additional noun or a clarifying adjective. See also amorphous carbon, carbon fibres, carbon material, glasslike carbon, graphitic carbon, non-graphitic carbon, pyrolytic carbon. 1995, 67, 479 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry /publications/books/seriestitles/nomenclature.html MeSH Tree Structures 2006 Visual vs