Appendix
A.1 OE Ontologies
Ontologies are a form of modeling that can be used to organize and understand a discipline. Ontologies instruct how individual aspects of a discipline integrate with one another and compose the whole. An ontology helps individuals understand a defined concept, individual components, and how they relate.383
A crucial first step in ontology development is to define the discipline and the specific areas that make up the greater system. It is important that when all the specific areas are combined, they complete the whole. If the combined specific areas fail to make a whole or exceed the whole, the ontology requires adjustment. Ontology visualization is an important second step. It must visually depict the whole, all ...
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