I would say that an Ontology is [IMHO] more than just a Data Dictionary,
because it contains also (kinds of) relationships. To me an Ontology is
conceptually more of a Thesaurus. Does that work? (01)
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On 2/14/14 10:09 AM, David Eddy wrote:
> Totally aside from the fact that the central data dictionary simply
> doesn't exist anymore in any commercial sense, organizations are far
> too distributed today. If there is a distributed data dictionary,
> please speak up. (04)
That's what you get when you incorporate Linked Data principles into
Ontology design. (05)
An Ontology is (IMHO) very much a kind of Data Dictionary. I wait to be
convinced otherwise. (06)
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