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| ====== OWL ====== | ====== OWL ====== |
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| ===== Discussion ===== | ===== Discussion ===== |
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| OWL, the Web Ontology Language, is a W3C [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:ontology_language]] for the Semantic Web. OWL provides constructs for expressing classes, properties, individuals, axioms, and relationships with formally defined meaning. | OWL, the Web Ontology Language, is a W3C [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:ontology_language]] for the Semantic Web. OWL provides constructs for expressing classes, properties, individuals, axioms, and relationships with formally defined meaning. |
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| OWL supports machine processing and reasoning over [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:ontology]] content. Systems use OWL for formal ontology expression, consistency checking, classification, and inference under OWL semantics. | OWL supports machine processing and reasoning over [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:ontology]] content. Systems use OWL for formal ontology expression, consistency checking, classification, and inference under OWL semantics. |
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| OWL is an ontology language. OWL does not define [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:s:semantic]] as a whole, and OWL does not define ontology as a modeling discipline. An architecture uses OWL to realize selected ontology content after defining the underlying domain meaning. | OWL is an ontology language. OWL does not define [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:s:semantic]] as a whole, and OWL does not define ontology as a modeling discipline. An architecture uses OWL to realize selected ontology content after defining the underlying domain meaning. |
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| ===== Definition ===== | ===== Definition ===== |
| ===== Note ===== | ===== Note ===== |
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| OWL documents express ontologies. OWL expression does not by itself establish validity. The [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:conceptual_model]] and domain meaning govern the OWL expression. | OWL documents express ontologies. OWL expression does not by itself establish validity. The [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:conceptual_model]] and domain meaning govern the OWL expression. |
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| ===== Example ===== | ===== Example ===== |