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Nextnet’s Ontology: Semantically Unifying Disparate Data
Spend some time exploring Nextnet and our software platform and you will encounter a distinctive word: ontology. We use it frequently, and it is easy to forget that it originated in Greek philosophy. In practical terms, ontology refers to a formal system that organizes concepts and the relationships among them. Nextnet’s ontology is a set of core technologies we have built to solve the complex data challenges that life sciences and healthcare enterprises face every day.
Nextnet’s Ontology: Semantically Unifying Disparate Data
Spend some time exploring Nextnet and our software platform and you will encounter a distinctive word: ontology. We use it frequently, and it is easy to forget that it originated in Greek philosophy. In practical terms, ontology refers to a formal system that organizes concepts and the relationships among them. Nextnet’s ontology is a set of core technologies we have built to solve the complex data challenges that life sciences and healthcare enterprises face every day.
