From Taxonomies to Ontologies Christine Connors Among other things: librarian, information scientist, semantic web advocate and Founder, TriviumRLG LLC November 4, 2009 Developing Ontologies, part of the Earley & Associates call series

Christine Connors

Among other things: librarian, information scientist, semantic web advocate and

Founder, TriviumRLG LLC

November 4, 2009

The Continuum Complexity Power We are building more complex and powerful data architectures; all types are available for use on the semantic web List Synonym Ring Taxonomy Thesaurus Ontology Folksonomy

The Continuum Complexity Less More List Synonym Ring Taxonomy Thesaurus Ontology Inspired by NISO Z39.19-2005 Ambiguity Control Synonym Control (Equivalency) Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships (BT, NT) Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Associative Relationships Scope Note (BT, NT, RT, USE, SeeAlso) Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Associative Relationships Classes Properties Localization Annotation Reasoning “ NOT” Folksonomy Personalized Labels

There is no “right way.” There are best practices . Image by playful.geometer

There are best practices .

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