Comment by Alifatisk
1 day ago
I've had some difficulties understanding the term ontology when I first heard about it, but now it starts to make sense.
Btw, tropes.fyi/vetter says the article is sus. Perhaps LLM written. But I see no disclaimer.
1 day ago
I've had some difficulties understanding the term ontology when I first heard about it, but now it starts to make sense.
Btw, tropes.fyi/vetter says the article is sus. Perhaps LLM written. But I see no disclaimer.
The concept of an ontology is really simple: thing - relationship - thing. Example: peanut butter - goes well with - jelly.
This is in contract to a taxonomy, which is hierarchical:
(upper-level category): Sandwiches
(sub-type): peanut butter & jelly
(sub-type): grilled cheese
(sub-type): BLT
(upper-level category): Soups
(sub-type): tomato
(sub-type): chicken noodle
Taxonomies are kinda boring because they're just hierarchical lists.
Ontologies are cool; the relationships are usually the important thing.
Noted, thank you.