Open AccessOntology in Astronomy
Author(s) -
Robert Janusz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
forum philosophicum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-7043
pISSN - 1426-1898
DOI - 10.35765/forphil.2007.1202.20
Subject(s) - ontology , construct (python library) , informatics , computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , open biomedical ontologies , information retrieval , upper ontology , data science , suggested upper merged ontology , epistemology , engineering , semantic web , philosophy , sociology , mathematics , programming language , mathematical analysis , electrical engineering , anthropology
In the domain of astronomy the object oriented paradigm of informatics needs to construct an ontology to be able to reason about concepts and to construct queries in a computerized knowledge system. The article presents approaches to ontology in philosophy, the natural sciences and informatics and shows their limits and reciprocity.