Consider reuse o With the spreading deployment of the Semantic Web, ontologies will become more widely available o We rarely have to start from scratch when defining an ontology There is almost always an ontology available from a third party that provides at least a useful starting point for our own ontology 8 Chapter 7 A Semantic Web primer8 Chapter 7 A Semantic Web Primer Consider Reuse ⚫ With the spreading deployment of the Semantic Web, ontologies will become more widely available ⚫ We rarely have to start from scratch when defining an ontology – There is almost always an ontology available from a third party that provides at least a useful starting point for our own ontology