http://billbreitmayer.com/home/taxonomy/term/52/0 en http://billbreitmayer.com/home/node/155 <p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology">general definition of ontology at Wikipedia</a> ( versus the computer science definition given in the main link ) is &quot;a study of conceptions of reality and the nature of being&quot;. In some ways, the general definition is more appropriate to modeling organizations - the target audience for an organizational ontology is people, not computers.</p> <p>The shortest and most intuitive definition of term ontology is &#39;a description of things that be&#39;. For most purposes, it may be the best definition.</p> <p><a href="http://billbreitmayer.com/home/node/155">read more</a></p> http://billbreitmayer.com/home/node/155#comments Knowledge Engineering Business Models Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:02:21 -0700 billb 155 at http://billbreitmayer.com/home