[new Term] OWL
rdfs-label: Web Ontology Language
definition: A data format which (1) defines the structure of data used to represent rich and complex knowledge about things and their relations, (2) is established as a standard, (3) is based on the W3C recommendation (OWL Web Ontology Language Reference), whose rules are published on https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/.
acronym: OWL
exact synonym: OWL specification
exact synonymDE: OWL Spezifikation
exact synonym: Web Ontology Language specification
exact synonymDE: Web Ontology Language Spezifikation
comment: OWL is typically used to generate ontologies (i.e. formalise relations between entities). OWL is built on top of RDF and RDFs and is part of W3C’s Semantic Web technologies.
gloss: OWL is a data format used to build ontologies. Those formalising relations between entities to create rich context for data.
SubClass Of:
- 'data format'
hasDbXref:
- https://www.w3.org/OWL/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Ontology_Language
Term synonyms
- Narrow: OWL Lite, OWL DL, OWL Full
- Related: OWL 2
Delete
- OWL individual (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000332)
Edited by Volker Hofmann