conceptualisation
The collection of objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of
interest and the relationships that hold among them. A
conceptualisation is an {abstract}, simplified view of the
world that we wish to represent. For example, we may
conceptualise a family as the set of names, sexes and the
relationships of the family members. Choosing a
conceptualisation is the first stage of {knowledge
representation}.
Every {knowledge base}, {knowledge-based system}, or
{knowledge-level agent} is committed to some
conceptualisation, explicitly or implicitly.
(1994-10-19)