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		pestatije on May 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Something like Unicode but for abstract co... you are looking for the concept ontology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_(information_science) enjoy the rabbit hole!

RetroTechie on May 23, 2024 [–]

Thx, that is very helpful!

If I understand correctly, ontology is about categorizing / defining / mapping relations between concepts. No surprise projects working on this exist.

My question was about the 'indexing' step from there: concept -> number to identify it.

So... it seems no universal standard there?

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