ontologisista

Ontologisista is a Finnish adjective-inflected form derived from ontologinen, meaning ontological. It is used to describe things related to ontology—the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of being and existence—and, in applied fields, to refer to formal representations of knowledge known as ontologies in computer science and information science. The form ontologisista appears when the adjective modifies a plural noun in certain grammatical cases, and you will encounter phrases such as ontologisista perusteista (on ontological grounds), ontologisista käsitteistä (from ontological concepts), or ontologisista näkökohdista (from ontological perspectives).

In academic usage, ontologies are explicit specifications of a conceptualization of a domain, including the concepts, relations, and constraints. The word ontologisista is therefore common in scholarly Finnish texts discussing philosophy, knowledge representation, and data interoperability, where speakers refer to ontologies in plural or in phrases that require the particular case form.

Etymology and related terms: The base noun is ontologia (ontology); the adjective is ontologinen (ontological); the adverb is ontologisesti. The form ontologisista is one of the inflected endings used with plural modifiers.

See also: Ontologia, Ontologinen, Ontologisesti.