An ontology looks at how things are related, whether they are a part of something. It can help describe the relationships between medicines, doctors, patients and conditions. A taxonomy is focused on specifically types, a type of mammal or animal. AnOntology goes a little bit broader: A paw is a part of a cat. And a cat eats meat. That kind of breaks the rules of a taxonomy, but it is accepted within anontology.
My guest today is Ren Pope. Ren is a Principal at Info-Do, which offers data, information, and knowledge architecture consulting. He’s worked in these domains for the last 25 years or so, and has also taught colleagues how to do these things through workshops and presentations. In this episode, we focus on why organizations need to know about and develop ontologies.
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