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Ontology language

Ontology language is kind of like a special way of talking that helps computers understand what things mean.

Imagine you have a big toy box full of all sorts of different toys – dolls, blocks, cars, and balls – all mixed together. It can be messy and hard to find the toy you want!

Now imagine you could sort all the toys into different groups and put a label on each group to describe what kind of toy is in it. For example, you could put all the dolls in one group, all the blocks in another, and so on.

Ontology language is like those labels – it helps computers sort information into different groups and understand what everything means. It provides a set of rules and concepts to describe different types of things and the relationships between them.

A computer might use ontology language to understand that a "car" is a type of "vehicle" and that a "truck" is also a type of "vehicle", but different from a "car". By using ontology language, computers can organize and analyze information in a more structured and consistent way.