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From OWL Web Ontology Language Guide ( 2004-02-10) as in RDF

http://www.w3.org/2003/glossary/subglossary/owl-guide.rdf/0

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(Ontology terminology) An abstract representation of a concept in a domain as a collection of related classes. For example, a medical model might have protocol, guidelines, and patient data as classes.

http://capturing.projects.v2.nl/glossary.html

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A single concept within a classification of knowledge.

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr517/03-04-wt2/projects/udc/gloss.htm

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A class defines a group of interrelated properties in an ontology. In F-Logic terminology, classes are called concepts.

http://documentation.softwareag.com/crossvision/inm/glossary/glossary.htm

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From RDF Semantics ( 2004-02-10) (n.) A general concept, category or classification. Something used primarily to classify or categorize other things. Formally, in RDF, a resource of type rdfs:Class with an associated set of resources all of which have the class as a value of the rdf:type property. Classes are often called 'predicates' in the formal logical literature.

http://www.w3.org/2003/glossary/subglossary/rdf-mt.rdf/

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