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Revisiting ontologies: A necessary clarification

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  • Mauricio Barcellos Almeida

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Looking for ontology in a search engine, one can find so many different approaches that it can be difficult to understand which field of research the subject belongs to and how it can be useful. The term ontology is employed within philosophy, computer science, and information science with different meanings. To take advantage of what ontology theories have to offer, one should understand what they address and where they come from. In information science, except for a few papers, there is no initiative toward clarifying what ontology really is and the connections that it fosters among different research fields. This article provides such a clarification. We begin by revisiting the meaning of the term in its original field, philosophy, to reach its current use in other research fields. We advocate that ontology is a genuine and relevant subject of research in information science. Finally, we conclude by offering our view of the opportunities for interdisciplinary research.

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  • Mauricio Barcellos Almeida, 2013. "Revisiting ontologies: A necessary clarification," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(8), pages 1682-1693, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:64:y:2013:i:8:p:1682-1693
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.22861
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    1. Dalton Lopes Martins & Daniela Lucas da Silva Lemos & Luis Felipe Rosa de Oliveira & Joyce Siqueira & Danielle do Carmo & Vinicius Nunes Medeiros, 2023. "Information organization and representation in digital cultural heritage in Brazil: Systematic mapping of information infrastructure in digital collections for data science applications," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 74(6), pages 707-726, June.

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