Cati,
I would say that if your data structure has a hierarchy with at least
three classes (types) and some relations and is represented in a
syntactically valid OWL ontology that can be loaded into one of the ontology
viewers such as Protégé or SWOOP, it could be called an 'ontology'. That
does not say anything at all about the quality or usefulness of it. (01)
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> Subject: [ontolog-forum] Ontology vs OWL implementation
>
> 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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