Re: [ontolog-forum] Ontology vs OWL implementation

[Duane Nickull <dnickull@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the correct relationship is best states as “you can use OWL to express an ontology”.  An OWL _expression_ of an ontology captures the core logic and axioms of your ontology or a subset of it.  

Whether or not the thing you are expressing in OWL is in fact an ontology or whether the OWL _expression_ of it still meets the minimum criteria for an ontology is a more complicated question.

Duane


On 30/04/08 11:21 AM, "Cati Martínez" <catiux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new in the Ontology world, and maybe it has been already
> discussed, I'm asking me the question if everything implemented in the
> OWL language can be considered an Ontology. I guess that it's not so,
> but it is difficult for me to say when we can say that it is or not.
>
> I'm modelling with OWL some information structure, so OWL is used to
> define the components and relations to these components that compose
> this concrete information structure. Could it be considered an
> Ontology, or only a set of constraints on a data structure?
>
> Thank you. Regards
>
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