Creating the Semantic Web: the Role of an agricultural Ontology Server (AOS)

Position Paper for the International Semantic Web Workshop (Infrastructure and Applications for the Semantic Web)

Creating the Semantic Web: the Role of an Agricultural Ontology Server (AOS)

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Creating the Semantic Web: the Role of an Agricultural Ontology Server (AOS)

The existence of a common ontology server guarantees that common concepts are clearly defined by unique identifiers, and basic relations are used throughout the domains.

We can use a richer set of relationships to develop tools that provide more granular and more consistent indexing, and more effective searching and browsing for users.