- The Semantic Web needs a support of ontologies:
 
      
      
        “defines the concepts and relationships used to describe and represent an area of knowledge”
       
      
        “defines the concepts and relationships used to describe and
        represent an area of knowledge”
       
      
        - We need a Web Ontologies Language to define:
					  
- the terminology used in a specific context
 
            - more constraints on properties
 
            - the logical characteristics of properties
 
            - the equivalence of terms across ontologies
 
            - etc.
 
          
         
        - Language should be a compromise between 
						
- rich semantics for meaningful applications
 
            - feasibility, implementability