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Ontology

Ontology is a way to organize things so that everyone understands them the same way. It’s like a big filing cabinet with all the words, ideas, and facts we know. Each fact is organized in a drawer with a name and a description. That way, when we talk about something, we know what drawer to look in to find the right information.
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