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Eco Ontologies
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- !!is an explicit specification of an ecological concept typically visually represented with a knowledge or concept map.
+ An ontology is a formal specification of a set of concepts and their interrelationships. It can be visualized as a knowledge or concept map and is useful in reasoning about the relationships among concepts and among data that pertains to those concepts. The [Knowledge Representation Working Group|KnowledgeRepresentationWorkingGroup] is building foundational ontologies for biodiversity and ecological applications, and is trying to create a framework under which these ontologies can be extended.
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+ More information on the current status of the Eco Ontologies can be found in the [Eco-Ontology Working Manual|EcoOntologyManualDraft].

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award 0225676. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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