A Landscape of Ontologies Standards (Report of TWG Ontologies) | StandICT.eu 2026
The inclusion of 'Ontology and Graphs' in Gartner's hype cycle report signifies growing maturity and acceptance as a practical solution
Ontology adoption extends beyond managing taxonomy and glossary, encompassing areas such as natural language processing, big data and machine learning, cyber-physical systems, FAIR data, model-based engineering & digital twins
This comprehensive survey of the Landscape of Ontologies Standards presents a curated collection of ontologies that are highly relevant to ICT domains and vertical sectors, considering their maturity, prominence, and suitability for representing linked data in the #semanticweb
Pisa, Italy - 24 May 2023] - The StandICT.eu Technical Group for ICT under the European Observatory for ICT Standardisation (EUOS) has formed a special interest group comprising domain experts, ontologists, and researchers from academia and industry. Together, they have conducted a comprehensive survey of the Landscape of Ontologies Standards.
The result of their months-long effort is a remarkable report, now released by the StandICT.eu 2026 community. This report presents a curated collection of ontologies that are highly relevant to ICT domains and vertical sectors, considering their maturity, prominence, and suitability for representing linked data in the semantic web.
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Since their emergence in Gartner's Emerging Technologies report in 2001, Ontology engineering has steadily progressed, primarily through academic efforts to support the semantic web stack. The recent inclusion of 'Ontology and Graphs' in Gartner's "hype cycle" report in 2020 signifies its growing maturity and acceptance as a practical solution for numerous ICT applications. Today, Ontology adoption extends beyond managing taxonomy and glossary, encompassing areas such as natural language processing, big data and machine learning, cyber-physical systems, FAIR data, model-based engineering, digital twin, and thread.