Re: [ontolog-forum] What the difference re., Data Dictionary, Ontology,

[Gary Berg-Cross <gbergcross@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think of this collection of ideas (Data Dictionary,Vocabulary,  Glossary, Dictionary, Data Model,  Taxonomy , Grammar, Language, Ontology) as natural types so there isn't a nature based definition or a descent relation that leads to Ontology from the prior list.  

There are some that are mostly from a family of Language practice that precedes digital creations including vocabulary and have language uses, but then gets used in some way in things like data dictionaries and ontology which need a vocabulary.  A data dictionary entry is often quite a bit different than a traditional dictionary entry, since it has a data focus/purpose.  There is often a relational data model behind it so entity-attribute items are prominent as structures while grammatical category is not.  

But the free text in a good data dictionary may approach some of what is in a Dictionary.  There are other types of technical term repositories & glossaries  such as abound in ISO where a domain is covered and its basic vocabulary is detailed.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Steve Ray <steve.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bobbin,
        I agree with you. That's why I was asking for that term in Frank's
list of definitions.

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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?

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Ontology, and Vocabulary?

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.

That's what you get when you incorporate Linked Data principles into
Ontology design.

An Ontology is (IMHO) very much a kind of Data Dictionary. I wait to be
convinced otherwise.



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