Ontology
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存在論
the branch of philosophy that is concerned with concepts such as existence, being, and reality
例
Ontology explores questions about what exists, how entities relate to one another, and the fundamental nature of reality.
存在論は、何が存在するか、実体がどのように互いに関連しているか、そして現実の基本的な性質についての問いを探求します。
In ontology, philosophers inquire into the nature of being, distinguishing between different categories of existence and examining the properties of entities.
存在論では、哲学者たちが存在の性質について問いかけ、存在の異なるカテゴリーを区別し、実体の特性を調べます。
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(in computer science) a structured and comprehensive representation of a knowledge domain, typically hierarchical, specifying entities and the relationships between them
例
The software uses an ontology to organize medical terms and their relationships.
Researchers built an ontology to model the structure of a legal database.
