(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
ontology的用法和樣例:
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The ontology possesses inherent consistency with human nature. 本體論與人的本性具有內在的一致性。
Recently, the research about Ontology is developed widely in computer science. 近年來,關於本體論方法的研究正在計算機科學界廣泛開展起來。