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In [[philosophy]], a '''core ontology''' is a basic and minimal [[ontology]] consisting only of the minimal concepts required to understand the other concepts. It must be based on a [[core glossary]] in some [[human]] [[language]] so humans can comprehend the concepts and distinctions made.  Each natural language tends to rely on its own [[conceptual metaphor]] structure, and so tends to have its own core ontology (according to [[W. V. Quine]]).  It could be said also to represent the [[moral core]] of a human [[linguistics|linguistic]] [[culture]], and to self-correct so as to better represent core cultural ideas.

Such a core ontology is a key pre-requisite to a more complete [[foundation ontology]], or a more general philosophical sense of ontology.  Most applicable to [[education|teaching]], e.g. the [[Longmans]] [[defining dictionary]] of the simplest meanings of 2,000 English words is used to define the 4,000 most basic English [[idiom]]s—this is a core glossary of the [[English language]], which permits access to the core ontology (the idioms).

Core ontologies is a concept that is used in information science as well. For example, [[CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model|CIDOC-CRM]] and CORA<ref>{{cite journal 
|last=Prestes
|first=Edson 
|last2=Carbonera 
|first2=Joel Luis 
|last3=Fiorini 
|first3=Sandro Rama
|last4=Jorge
|first4=Vitor A. M.
|last5=Abel
|first5=Mara
|last6=Madhavan
|first6=Raj 
|last7=Locoro 
|first7=Angela
|last8=Gonçalves
|first8=Paulo
|last9=Barreto
|first9=Marcos E.
|last10=Habib
|first10=Maki
|last11=Chibani
|first11=Abdelghani 
|last12=Gérard 
|first12=Sébastien
|last13=Amirat
|first13=Yacine
|last14=Schlenoff
|first14=Craig
|date=January 2013
|title=Towards a core ontology for robotics and automation
|journal=Robotics and Autonomous Systems 
|volume=61
|issue=11
|pages=1193–1204
|doi=10.1016/j.robot.2013.04.005
}}</ref> are considered as core ontologies.

== See also ==
* [[Semantic prime]]
* [[Upper ontology]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://rdfs.org/sioc/spec/ SIOC Core Ontology Specification] at rdfs.org 
* [http://www.w3.org/2005/04/FSWS/Submissions/25/paper_html.html Semantic Management of Web Services using the Core Ontology of Services] at w3.org

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