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ONTOLOGY EVERYWHERE!

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An ontology is a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualization. It is an agreement about what things exist in a domain, how they relate, and what we call them. As AI agents become the primary consumers of data, we need a layer that explicitly describes what things mean, how they relate, and what rules govern them. Structure knowledge and make it accessible, and the market will sort out the labels.