TECHNOLOGY

OWL

OWL is a W3C ontology language with formally defined semantics for classes, properties, individuals and constraints on the Semantic Web.

active canonical v1.0.0

Role

OWL formalizes domain classes, properties and constraints with semantics that can support automated reasoning.

Use

It is a reference for cases where Electronic Artefacts needs stronger interoperability or inference than the current pragmatic entity schema provides.

References

See W3C OWL 2, RDF and Ontology.

Identity and publication

Record metadata

Entity ID: ea:technology:owl
Publication class: canonical
Status: active
Maturity: production
Confidence: canonical
Published: 2026-06-24
Modified: 2026-06-24
Version: 1.0.0

Citation

How to cite this record

OWL. 1.0.0. Electronic Artefacts, 2026-06-24. https://electronicartefacts.com/knowledge/technologies/owl/

Canonical URL

TYPED RELATIONSHIPS

How this entity connects.

Each connection has an explicit predicate and a human-readable statement.

implementation

Uses technology

Ontologies, Taxonomies and Knowledge Modeling

Ontologies, Taxonomies and Knowledge Modeling uses OWL as its formal ontology reference.

Local graph

1 typed connections

The accessible relationship list above contains the complete local graph. Interactive rendering is loaded progressively.