context: Ontology (from Ancient Greek: ὄν, genus. - being, what exists + - doctrine, science) - the doctrine of things [1]; the doctrine of being as such; A branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental principles of being, its most general essences and categories [2], structure and patterns [3]. The philosophical doctrine of the general categories and laws of being, existing in unity with the theory of knowledge and logic [4].
question: What is an ontology?
answers.text: A branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental principles of being, its most general essences and categories [2], structure and patterns