. Secondly, a computational ontology
is a formal entity. It is an explicit specification using a language –
typically from the family of description logics – referring to the different
elements (i.e. concepts/classes, instances, terms, properties
and relationships). Thirdly, a computational ontology is a shared
conceptualization. It is a consensual expression of a representation
that one or more individuals have of their world. It is ‘‘a structure
of domain where subjects understand its primitive terms in
the appropriate points of view’’.