ontology

Difference of Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy and Thesauri ​ The purpose of this article is to provide a little more information about taxonomies, folksonomies, ontologies and thesauri and their roles in information retrieval. 1. Background Two indexing languages are generally used when indexing or searching for information in retrieval systems such as databases and the Internet. These are natural language and controlled vocabularies. Controlled vocabularies are restricted lists of words ...