Ontology¶

Definition¶

<ontology name="n">
...
</ontology>

An ontology is an inventory of the things one can talk about in an application, consisting of (semantic) sorts, individuals, predicates and actions.

Attribute	Type	Description
name	string	Required. The name of the ontology.

Parents¶

None.

Elements¶

Children¶

None.

Behaviour¶

The ontology element is the root element of the ontology file.

Examples¶

Partial ontology for a phone application¶

<ontology name="phone">
  <sort name="number_type"/>

  <predicate name="number_type_to_call" sort="number_type"/>

  <action name="make_call"/>

  <individual name="mobile" sort="number_type"/>
  <individual name="home" sort="number_type"/>
  <individual name="work" sort="number_type"/>
</ontology>