[Corpora-List] WordNet vs Ontology

[Alberto Simões]

Dear Liling,

I am no expert on either topics, but by the most usual definition 
Wordnet is an Ontology.

Ontologies are usually entities, that describe concepts, related 
(hierarchically or not) using any kind of relation.

So, I see a wordnet where each synset is an entity.

But probably this is my simplified view of these concepts.

Best,
Alberto

On 06/08/14, 10:57, liling tan wrote:
> Dear corpora linguists,
>
> There is recently a discussion on stackoverflow about "wordnet vs
> ontology". I would like your perspective on several issues about wordnet
> and ontology:
>
> - Is wordnet an ontology? If it is not an ontology, what is it?
>
> - What is the definition of an ontology? Is anything
> (words/concept/entities) under a hierarchical structure some sort of
> linguistic ontology?
>
> - Are linguistic onotology / information science ontology subjected to
> only upper and domain ontology?
>
> - Any other comments about ontology and wordnet?
>
> Regards,
> liling
>
>
>
>
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