This chapter presents ontologies and their role in the creation of the Semantic Web. Ontologies hold special interest, because they are very closely related to the way we understand the world. They provide common understanding, the very first step to successful communication. In following sections, we will present ontologies, how they are created and used. We will describe available tools for specifying and working with ontologies.
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Synak, M., Dabrowski, M., Kruk, S.R. (2009). Semantic Web and Ontologies. In: Kruk, S.R., McDaniel, B. (eds) Semantic Digital Libraries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85434-0_3
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