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Ren Pope on Ontologies

The Informed Life

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The Importance of Ontology in Information Architecture

ontology is one of those terms that I find when I use it with folks, I often have to explain it. It's really the study of things and how they relate to other things. And now we have implied Ontology where it's not just a philosophy, but actually a scientific pursuit. Information scientists can use these philosophical thoughts to help organize information, understand information and explain information.

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