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Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT) is a group formed with the stated purpose of promoting religious tolerance and providing the public with information about various religions. To accomplish these goals, they maintain a Web site, ReligiousTolerance.
Ontario Coptic Youth Convention Ontario Coptic Youth Convention (OCYC) is an annual meeting of many Coptic Christian high school and university students in Ontario and some parts of the United States. It usually takes place during the first weekend of August, maximizing the number of student participants.
Ontario District The Ontario District is one of the 16 geographical districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society, an all-male North American singing fraternity. It is composed of male barbershop singers living in the province of Ontario and is the only district entirely within Canada.
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum to be held in 2007 is planned by the Government of Ontario, which tabled legislation to this effect in early 2005, anticipating the May 2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum.
Ontario Energy Board The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is a Crown corporation responsible for regulating natural gas and electricity utilities in the province of Ontario, Canada. This includes setting rates and approving the Independent Electricity Market Operator (IMO)'s budget and fees.
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) was established in 1928, and is Canada's leading conservation organization, as well as a non-profit registered charity. The Federation lobbys for the protection of wildlife and Canadian outdoor traditions.
Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour is a prominent federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944, and merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957, one year after the merger of the CCL and the Trades and Labour Congress (the OPFL's parent federation).
Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) is an organization of student-athletes, teacher-coaches, student-coaches, teachers, principals, and sport administrators in Ontario, Canada. OFSAA is the second largest high school athletic association in North America, second only to the California Interscholastic Federation.
Ontario Freeway The Ontario Freeway is a segment of Interstate 15 in southern California, running through San Bernardino and Riverside counties. It is the principal north-south freeway through the fast-growing Inland Empire region, in the far eastern suburbs of Los Angeles.
Ontario general election, 1871 The Ontario general election of 1871 was the second general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on March 21, 1871, to elect the 82 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1875 The Ontario general election of 1875 was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1886 The Ontario general election, 1886 was the sixth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1890 The Ontario general election, 1890 was the seventh general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1890, to elect the 91 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1894 The Ontario general election, 1894 was the eighth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 26, 1894, to elect the 94 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1905 The Ontario general election, 1905 was the eleventh general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1908 The Ontario general election, 1908 was the twelfth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1911 The Ontario general election, 1911 was the thirteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1914 The Ontario general election, 1914 was the fourteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1919 The Ontario general election, 1919 was the fifteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 20, 1919, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1923 The Ontario general election, 1923 was the sixteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1926 The Ontario general election, 1926 was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 1, 1926, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1929 The Ontario general election, 1929 was the eighteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 30, 1929, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1934 The Ontario general election, 1934 was the nineteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1937 The Ontario general election, 1937 was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs"). It was the twentieth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1951 The Ontario general election of 1951 was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1963 The Ontario general election of 1963 was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1967 The Ontario general election of 1967 was held on October 17, 1967, to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1971 The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1975 The Ontario general election of 1975 was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1985 The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. This election ended 42 years of Progressive Conservative Party rule in Ontario with David Peterson's Liberal's eventually forming a government with the support of Bob Rae's NDP.
Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 is scheduled to be held on October 4, 2007 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. As a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no confidence" in the Legislature.
Ontario Graduated Driver Licensing As of April 1, 1994, all new drivers in Ontario, Canada applying for their first car or motorcycle licence enter Ontario's Graduated Licensing System (GLS). Graduated licensing lets new drivers get driving experience and skills gradually.
Ontario Health Coalition The Ontario Health Coalition is a network of over 400 grassroots community organizations representing virtually all areas of Ontario, Canada. Its primary goal is to empower the members of our constituent organizations to become actively engaged in the making of public policy on matters related to health care and healthy communities.
Ontario Heritage Act The Ontario Heritage Act, first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Province of Ontario, Canada, as being of cultural heritage value or interest.
Ontario Heritage Trust The Ontario Heritage Trust is a non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture in Ontario, Canada responsible for preserving and promoting examples of the province’s historic and cultural heritage. It was created in 1968 as the Ontario Heritage Foundation by the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts.
Ontario Hockey Federation The Ontario Hockey Federation is the governing body of all sanctioned ice hockey in the province of Ontario in Canada, except for those portions governed by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and the Ottawa District Hockey Association. The federation is a part of Hockey Canada.
Ontario Horticultural Association The Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) is a horticultural society in Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1906 by the Government of Ontario, via an Act in the Ontario Legislature, which split the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies into the Ontario Agricultural Fairs Association and the OHA.
Ontario Human Rights Code The Ontario Human Rights Code is a provincial law in the province of Ontario, Canada that gives all citizens of the province equal rights and opportunities without discrimination in specific areas such as jobs, housing and services. The code's goal is to prevent discrimination and harassment because of race, colour, sex, handicap and age, to name some of the sixteen grounds.
Ontario Human Rights Commission The Ontario Human Rights Commission was established in the Canadian province of Ontario in 1961 to administer the Ontario Human Rights Code. The commission is an arm's length agency of government accountable to the legislature through the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto is a teachers' college in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded in 1996 as a merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto (which from 1920 to 1972 was known as the Ontario College of Education, U of T).
Ontario Labour Relations Board The Ontario Labour Relations Board was established by the Ontario government in 1948. It defines itself as "an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal mandated to mediate and adjudicate a variety of employment and labour relations-related matters under a number of Ontario statutes".
Ontario Lacrosse Association Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) is a sanctioned sports body in Ontario, Canada. Empowered by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the OLA controls and regulates Minor level, Junior level and Senior level Lacrosse.
Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park The Ontario Legislature, sometimes called the Ontario Legislative Building, is the building that houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario. The building sits in the middle of Queen's Park, south of Wellesley Street, on the former site of King's College (which later became the University of Toronto).
Ontario Libertarian Party The Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 as an offshoot of the Libertarian Party in the USA. It is inspired by the philosophical ideas of such authors and thinkers as Jan Narveson, anarcho-capitalist socio-economic ideas of Murray Rothbard.
Ontario Library Association Ontario Library Association (OLA), established in 1900, is the oldest continually operating library association in Canada. With 5,265 Â members as of January 1, 2006, the OLA is the largest library association in Canada.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG; also Ontario Lottery and Gaming) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada. It is responsible for the province's lotteries, charity and Aboriginal casinos, commercial casinos, and slot machines at horse-racing tracks.
Ontario March of Dimes Ontario March of Dimes (in French La Marche des Dix Sous de l'Ontario; officially Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled) is a Canadian charitable organization which provides programs and services to people of all ages with physical disabilities in Ontario. Its headquarters are in Toronto.
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship The Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship is an honorary medal produced by the Canadian Province of Ontario. It was established by the Government of Ontario 1973 to recognize people who, through exceptional long-term efforts, have made outstanding contributions to the well being of their communities and who's assistance is given without expectation of remuneration or reward.
Ontario Mental Health Act The Ontario Mental Health Act (OMHA) is an Ontario law which regulates the administration of Mental Health Care. The main purpose of the law is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital.
Ontario Mills Ontario Mills is a large enclosed outlet shopping mall located in Ontario, California; it is one of the primary tourist attractions in the Inland Empire. Like all other Mills properties, it is owned by the Mills Corporation.
Ontario Minamata disease The Ontario Minamata diseases are a group of severe mercury poisoning cases in Ontario, Canada, affecting many sites, but affected three separate First Nation communities severely. These cases in Ontario were called "Minamata disease" due to identical symptoms to the first documented case of severe mercury poisoning that occurred in the city of Minamata in Japan.
Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security The Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security is in charge of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, which replaced the role of the Ministry of Solicitor General of Ontario following September 11, 2001.
Ontario Municipal Act The Ontario Municipal Act is the statute governing the creation, administration and government of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was adopted in its current form in 2001 and amended most recently in 2006.
Ontario Municipal Board The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is an independent adjudicative tribunal that provides a public forum for resolving disagreements relating to community planning, governance issues and other matters in the province of Ontario, Canada, as provided for under the Ontario Municipal Board Act. The OMB hears appeals and receives applications independently of the government.
Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat The Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in the Canadian province of Ontario is responsible for developing and implementing corporate Aboriginal policy, negotiating land claims, issuing land claim negotiation mandates, approving Indian settlements, co-ordinating economic development and self-government negotiations. The Minister responsible for Native Affairs represents the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in Queen's Park.
Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a section of the federal New Democratic Party.
Ontario New Democratic Youth Ontario New Democratic Youth (ONDY) (in French: Jeunes NĂ©o-DĂ©mocrates de l'Ontario, JNDO) - is the youth wing of the Ontario New Democratic Party. All members of the ONDP under the age of 26 are considered to be members of ONDY.
Ontario Northland Railway The Ontario Northland Railway (ONR, AAR reporting marks ONT, ONTA) is a Canadian railway and provincial Crown corporation. Its north-south mainline has a southern terminus at North Bay, passing through Cochrane, and a northern terminus at Moosonee, on the south shore of James Bay - all in its namesake province of Ontario.
Ontario Nurses' Association Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 52,500 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, community agencies and industry throughout Ontario.
Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church The Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church is a theologically conservative and socially liberal Old Roman Catholic or Independent Catholic denomination in Toronto, Canada, that grew out of the Old Catholic Church of Canada. It aligns itself with Christ Catholic Church, a communion of churches who left Christ Catholic Church International (of which the Liberal Catholic Church of Ontario is a part) feeling it had become Protestantised.
Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007 Canada's Ontario provincial government has called a by-election for February 8, 2007, to fill vacancies in three electoral districts (ridings): Burlington; Markham; and York South–Weston.
Ontario provincial highway 89 Ontario Provincial Highway 89 is an east-west route in southwestern Ontario that runs for 107 kilometres from Ontario provincial highway 400 just east of Cookstown in the west to Ontario provincial highway 9 in Harriston. Major centres along the route include Alliston, Cookstown and Mount Forest.
Ontario provincial spending, 2004 Ontario provincial spending, 2004, comprises the revenues and expenditures of the Government of Ontario in the 2004-2005 fiscal year (April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005). All figures below are in Canadian dollars, and are reported as prepared by the Ministry of Finance (Ontario), in the annual Public Accounts of Ontario.
Ontario Parks Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 77,000 square kilometres (27,169 mi²), about 9 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia.
Ontario Parliament Network The Ontario Parliament Network is an Ontarian television network established in 1986 to broadcast the parliamentary proceedings of Queen's Park. It is available on all cable television providers in Ontario and on satellite elsewhere.
Ontario Party of Canada The Ontario Party of Canada was a political party in Canada that was co-founded in September 2002 by George Burns and Brad Harness of London, Ontario to promote the interests of the Province of Ontario within the Canadian confederation. Burns, a former Liberal and past president of the London-North-Centre Canadian Alliance riding association, and Harness, a former Progressive Conservative and regional organizer of the London area Reform Party of Canada, both promised that a successful Ontario party would force the federal government to be run by a coalition of regions.
Ontario Place Ontario Place is an agency of the Government of the Canadian province of Ontario, an entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place. Built in 1971, it consists of three beautifully landscaped man-made islands.
Ontario Police College The Ontario Police College (OPC) is located in Malahide Township just east of Aylmer, Ontario, in the farm rich area of Southwestern Ontario. The college is built on the grounds of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, which was constructed as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training program during World War II.
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2002 The 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election was a leadership convention called in the fall of 2001 when Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Premier Mike Harris announced his intention to resign.
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2004 On January 23, 2004, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Ernie Eves announced his intention to step down as leader before the fall of 2004. Eves was elected party leader in the party's 2002 leadership election, and became Premier of Ontario.
Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League The Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The league dates back to 1968.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is a trade union that represents about 115,000 employees in the broader public service of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Its president (as of 2006) is Leah Casselman.
Ontario Rugby Football Union The Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would evolve.
Ontario Science Centre Ontario Science Centre (OSC) is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about 11 km northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eglinton Avenue East. It is built down the side of a wooded ravine formed by one branch of the Don River.
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is a standardized test that is compulsory for students who wish to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. It was established in 2001, under the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario government under Mike Harris.
Ontario Securities Commission The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is a regulatory agency which administers and enforces securities legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OSC is an Ontario Crown corporation which reports to the Ontario legislature through the Minister of Finance.
Ontario Student Assistance Program The Ontario Student Assistance Program is a program by the government of Ontario, Canada, that offers financial aid to students concerning post-secondary education, in the form of loans and advice. The loans are interest-free as long as the student remains a full time student.
Ontario Student Trustee's Association - l'Association des Élèves conseillers et conseillères de l'Ontario The Ontario Student Trustees' Association (french: L'Association des eleves conseillers et conseilleres de L'Ontario) is an association composed of student trustees throughout the province of Ontario, Canada, and is a stakeholder in Ontario’s education system dedicated to representing the 1.9 million students in Ontario’s public education system.
Ontario Student Trustees’ Association The Ontario Student Trustees’ Association (l’Association des Élèves conseillers et conseillères de l’Ontario) is an organization of all school board student trustees in Ontario. It is the largest student stakeholder, and one of the largest overall stakeholders in the Ontario education system, representing the nearly two million students in Ontario.
Ontario Student Vote, 2003 The 2003 Ontario Student Vote was held in conjunction with the 2003 provincial election in Ontario, Canada. Students across Ontario in both secondary schools and elementary schools were given mock ballots which were exactly the same as the ones used in the election.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice The Superior Court of Justice for Ontario, Canada is the successor to the former Ontario Court of Justice (General Division), and was created on April 19 1999. Its predecessor, the Ontario Court (General Division) was the result of the 1990 merger and discontinuance of the previous High Court of Justice, District Court and Surrogate Court divisions of what used to be called the Supreme Court of Ontario.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), commonly referred to as Teachers', is the organization responsible for administering pensions for public school teachers of Ontario. The OTPP also invests the assets of the plan.
Ontario Telephone Service Commission The Ontario Telephone Service Commission (OTSC) was a quasi-judicial regulatory agency which regulated independent telephone companies (that is, those other than Bell Canada) in Ontario, Canada. It reported to the provincial legislature through the minister of transportation and communications.
Ontario Temperance Act Ontario Temperance Act was a law passed in Ontario in 1916 to prohibit the sale of alcohol, a period known as Prohibition. This meant the province remained dry in legal terms, but smugglers continued to import alcohol into the province.
Ontario Tower Ontario Tower is a luxury high-rise residential development in London's Docklands. It is being built by the Ballymore construction company, as part of a wider scheme in New Providence Wharf to provide new executive housing to meet changing demand in the Docklands area.
Ontario Trillium Foundation The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations, is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture. OTF distributes $100 million of government funding each year generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative.
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is an alliance of university student councils from across Ontario, Canada. Their common objective is to protect the interests of over 140,000 professional and undergraduate, full-time and part-time university students, and to provide research and ideas to the government on how to improve quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Ontario.
Ontario Universities' Application Centre The Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) is a non-profit organization that acts as a central bureau for managing the processing of applications to universities in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OUAC was founded in 1971 by the Council of Ontario Universities and the Ontario Universities' Council on Admissions, as the benefits of central application processing were recognized.
Ontario University Athletics Ontario University Athletics is the governing body of Ontario universities who compete in the a variety of varsity sports. The OUA came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Ontario Veterans Memorial Ontario Veterans War Memorial is a 30 metre (100-foot-long) granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park (Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
Ontario Young Friends Ontario Young Friends (or OYF) is the name of the Quaker youth group for Ontario, Canada. While the OYF group was arranged informally for several years, it formally formed under the name in 2004, after being adopted by Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting.
Onterio Varrio Sur Onterio Varrio Sur (OVS, Sur Onta or Onterio Sur) is a Chicano street gang from South Ontario, California. The gang claims 10,500 members, but Members of the Black Angels, the subclique of senior OVS members, have gained notoriety as prominent members of the Mexican Mafia and are estimated to have over 800+ members.
Onterrio Smith Onterrio Raymond Lloyd Smith (born December 8, 1980 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional running back who played for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Oregon.
Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe was a police officer in the Bophuthatswana homeland in South Africa who came to international attention after killing wounded members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) in front of a television news crew.
OntoClean In 2000, Nicola Guarino and Chris Welty published a series of papers on what came to be named OntoClean, a methodology for ontology-driven conceptual analysis. The methodology has been receiving increasing levels of attention in various communities.
Ontogeny and Phylogeny (book) Ontogeny and Phylogeny is Stephen Jay Gould's first technical book, published in 1977 by Belknap, a division of Harvard University Press. The book was originally conceived as a self-described "practice run to learn the style of lengthy exposition before embarking on my magnum opus about macroevolution," which was later published in 2002 as The Structure of Evolutionary Theory.
Ontological commitment In the philosophy of language and metaphysics, an ontological commitment is said to be necessary in order to make a statement in which the existence of one thing is presupposed or implied by asserting the existence of another. We are “committed” to the existence of the second thing, even though we may not have expected it, and may have intended to assert only the existence of the first.
Ontological security Ontological security is a stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in regard to the events in one's life. Giddens (1991) refers to ontological security as a sense of order and continuity in regard to an individual’s experiences.
Ontology (computer science) In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.
Ontology Inference Layer OIL (Ontology Inference Layer or Ontology Interchange Language) can be regarded as an Ontology infrastructure for the Semantic Web (see paper "OIL: An Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web", IEEE Intelligent Systems, March/April 2001). OIL is based on concepts developed in Description Logic (DL) and frame-based systems and is compatible with RDFS.
Ontario Coptic Youth Convention Ontario Coptic Youth Convention (OCYC) is an annual meeting of many Coptic Christian high school and university students in Ontario and some parts of the United States. It usually takes place during the first weekend of August, maximizing the number of student participants.
Ontario District The Ontario District is one of the 16 geographical districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society, an all-male North American singing fraternity. It is composed of male barbershop singers living in the province of Ontario and is the only district entirely within Canada.
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 An Ontario electoral reform referendum to be held in 2007 is planned by the Government of Ontario, which tabled legislation to this effect in early 2005, anticipating the May 2005 British Columbia electoral reform referendum.
Ontario Energy Board The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is a Crown corporation responsible for regulating natural gas and electricity utilities in the province of Ontario, Canada. This includes setting rates and approving the Independent Electricity Market Operator (IMO)'s budget and fees.
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) was established in 1928, and is Canada's leading conservation organization, as well as a non-profit registered charity. The Federation lobbys for the protection of wildlife and Canadian outdoor traditions.
Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour is a prominent federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944, and merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957, one year after the merger of the CCL and the Trades and Labour Congress (the OPFL's parent federation).
Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) is an organization of student-athletes, teacher-coaches, student-coaches, teachers, principals, and sport administrators in Ontario, Canada. OFSAA is the second largest high school athletic association in North America, second only to the California Interscholastic Federation.
Ontario Freeway The Ontario Freeway is a segment of Interstate 15 in southern California, running through San Bernardino and Riverside counties. It is the principal north-south freeway through the fast-growing Inland Empire region, in the far eastern suburbs of Los Angeles.
Ontario general election, 1871 The Ontario general election of 1871 was the second general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on March 21, 1871, to elect the 82 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1875 The Ontario general election of 1875 was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1886 The Ontario general election, 1886 was the sixth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1890 The Ontario general election, 1890 was the seventh general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1890, to elect the 91 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1894 The Ontario general election, 1894 was the eighth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 26, 1894, to elect the 94 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1905 The Ontario general election, 1905 was the eleventh general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1908 The Ontario general election, 1908 was the twelfth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1911 The Ontario general election, 1911 was the thirteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1914 The Ontario general election, 1914 was the fourteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1919 The Ontario general election, 1919 was the fifteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 20, 1919, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1923 The Ontario general election, 1923 was the sixteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1926 The Ontario general election, 1926 was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 1, 1926, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1929 The Ontario general election, 1929 was the eighteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on October 30, 1929, to elect the 112 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1934 The Ontario general election, 1934 was the nineteenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").
Ontario general election, 1937 The Ontario general election, 1937 was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs"). It was the twentieth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1951 The Ontario general election of 1951 was held on November 22, 1951, to elect the 90 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1963 The Ontario general election of 1963 was held on September 25, 1963, to elect the 108 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1967 The Ontario general election of 1967 was held on October 17, 1967, to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1971 The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1975 The Ontario general election of 1975 was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Ontario general election, 1985 The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. This election ended 42 years of Progressive Conservative Party rule in Ontario with David Peterson's Liberal's eventually forming a government with the support of Bob Rae's NDP.
Ontario general election, 2007 The Ontario general election of 2007 is scheduled to be held on October 4, 2007 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. As a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no confidence" in the Legislature.
Ontario Graduated Driver Licensing As of April 1, 1994, all new drivers in Ontario, Canada applying for their first car or motorcycle licence enter Ontario's Graduated Licensing System (GLS). Graduated licensing lets new drivers get driving experience and skills gradually.
Ontario Health Coalition The Ontario Health Coalition is a network of over 400 grassroots community organizations representing virtually all areas of Ontario, Canada. Its primary goal is to empower the members of our constituent organizations to become actively engaged in the making of public policy on matters related to health care and healthy communities.
Ontario Heritage Act The Ontario Heritage Act, first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Province of Ontario, Canada, as being of cultural heritage value or interest.
Ontario Heritage Trust The Ontario Heritage Trust is a non-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture in Ontario, Canada responsible for preserving and promoting examples of the province’s historic and cultural heritage. It was created in 1968 as the Ontario Heritage Foundation by the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts.
Ontario Hockey Federation The Ontario Hockey Federation is the governing body of all sanctioned ice hockey in the province of Ontario in Canada, except for those portions governed by Hockey Northwestern Ontario and the Ottawa District Hockey Association. The federation is a part of Hockey Canada.
Ontario Horticultural Association The Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) is a horticultural society in Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1906 by the Government of Ontario, via an Act in the Ontario Legislature, which split the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies into the Ontario Agricultural Fairs Association and the OHA.
Ontario Human Rights Code The Ontario Human Rights Code is a provincial law in the province of Ontario, Canada that gives all citizens of the province equal rights and opportunities without discrimination in specific areas such as jobs, housing and services. The code's goal is to prevent discrimination and harassment because of race, colour, sex, handicap and age, to name some of the sixteen grounds.
Ontario Human Rights Commission The Ontario Human Rights Commission was established in the Canadian province of Ontario in 1961 to administer the Ontario Human Rights Code. The commission is an arm's length agency of government accountable to the legislature through the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto is a teachers' college in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded in 1996 as a merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the Faculty of Education in the University of Toronto (which from 1920 to 1972 was known as the Ontario College of Education, U of T).
Ontario Labour Relations Board The Ontario Labour Relations Board was established by the Ontario government in 1948. It defines itself as "an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal mandated to mediate and adjudicate a variety of employment and labour relations-related matters under a number of Ontario statutes".
Ontario Lacrosse Association Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) is a sanctioned sports body in Ontario, Canada. Empowered by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the OLA controls and regulates Minor level, Junior level and Senior level Lacrosse.
Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park The Ontario Legislature, sometimes called the Ontario Legislative Building, is the building that houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario. The building sits in the middle of Queen's Park, south of Wellesley Street, on the former site of King's College (which later became the University of Toronto).
Ontario Libertarian Party The Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 as an offshoot of the Libertarian Party in the USA. It is inspired by the philosophical ideas of such authors and thinkers as Jan Narveson, anarcho-capitalist socio-economic ideas of Murray Rothbard.
Ontario Library Association Ontario Library Association (OLA), established in 1900, is the oldest continually operating library association in Canada. With 5,265 Â members as of January 1, 2006, the OLA is the largest library association in Canada.
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG; also Ontario Lottery and Gaming) is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada. It is responsible for the province's lotteries, charity and Aboriginal casinos, commercial casinos, and slot machines at horse-racing tracks.
Ontario March of Dimes Ontario March of Dimes (in French La Marche des Dix Sous de l'Ontario; officially Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled) is a Canadian charitable organization which provides programs and services to people of all ages with physical disabilities in Ontario. Its headquarters are in Toronto.
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship The Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship is an honorary medal produced by the Canadian Province of Ontario. It was established by the Government of Ontario 1973 to recognize people who, through exceptional long-term efforts, have made outstanding contributions to the well being of their communities and who's assistance is given without expectation of remuneration or reward.
Ontario Mental Health Act The Ontario Mental Health Act (OMHA) is an Ontario law which regulates the administration of Mental Health Care. The main purpose of the law is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital.
Ontario Mills Ontario Mills is a large enclosed outlet shopping mall located in Ontario, California; it is one of the primary tourist attractions in the Inland Empire. Like all other Mills properties, it is owned by the Mills Corporation.
Ontario Minamata disease The Ontario Minamata diseases are a group of severe mercury poisoning cases in Ontario, Canada, affecting many sites, but affected three separate First Nation communities severely. These cases in Ontario were called "Minamata disease" due to identical symptoms to the first documented case of severe mercury poisoning that occurred in the city of Minamata in Japan.
Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security The Ontario Minister of Public Safety and Security is in charge of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, which replaced the role of the Ministry of Solicitor General of Ontario following September 11, 2001.
Ontario Municipal Act The Ontario Municipal Act is the statute governing the creation, administration and government of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was adopted in its current form in 2001 and amended most recently in 2006.
Ontario Municipal Board The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is an independent adjudicative tribunal that provides a public forum for resolving disagreements relating to community planning, governance issues and other matters in the province of Ontario, Canada, as provided for under the Ontario Municipal Board Act. The OMB hears appeals and receives applications independently of the government.
Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat The Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in the Canadian province of Ontario is responsible for developing and implementing corporate Aboriginal policy, negotiating land claims, issuing land claim negotiation mandates, approving Indian settlements, co-ordinating economic development and self-government negotiations. The Minister responsible for Native Affairs represents the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in Queen's Park.
Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a section of the federal New Democratic Party.
Ontario New Democratic Youth Ontario New Democratic Youth (ONDY) (in French: Jeunes NĂ©o-DĂ©mocrates de l'Ontario, JNDO) - is the youth wing of the Ontario New Democratic Party. All members of the ONDP under the age of 26 are considered to be members of ONDY.
Ontario Northland Railway The Ontario Northland Railway (ONR, AAR reporting marks ONT, ONTA) is a Canadian railway and provincial Crown corporation. Its north-south mainline has a southern terminus at North Bay, passing through Cochrane, and a northern terminus at Moosonee, on the south shore of James Bay - all in its namesake province of Ontario.
Ontario Nurses' Association Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 52,500 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, community agencies and industry throughout Ontario.
Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church The Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church is a theologically conservative and socially liberal Old Roman Catholic or Independent Catholic denomination in Toronto, Canada, that grew out of the Old Catholic Church of Canada. It aligns itself with Christ Catholic Church, a communion of churches who left Christ Catholic Church International (of which the Liberal Catholic Church of Ontario is a part) feeling it had become Protestantised.
Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007 Canada's Ontario provincial government has called a by-election for February 8, 2007, to fill vacancies in three electoral districts (ridings): Burlington; Markham; and York South–Weston.
Ontario provincial highway 89 Ontario Provincial Highway 89 is an east-west route in southwestern Ontario that runs for 107 kilometres from Ontario provincial highway 400 just east of Cookstown in the west to Ontario provincial highway 9 in Harriston. Major centres along the route include Alliston, Cookstown and Mount Forest.
Ontario provincial spending, 2004 Ontario provincial spending, 2004, comprises the revenues and expenditures of the Government of Ontario in the 2004-2005 fiscal year (April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005). All figures below are in Canadian dollars, and are reported as prepared by the Ministry of Finance (Ontario), in the annual Public Accounts of Ontario.
Ontario Parks Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 77,000 square kilometres (27,169 mi²), about 9 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia.
Ontario Parliament Network The Ontario Parliament Network is an Ontarian television network established in 1986 to broadcast the parliamentary proceedings of Queen's Park. It is available on all cable television providers in Ontario and on satellite elsewhere.
Ontario Party of Canada The Ontario Party of Canada was a political party in Canada that was co-founded in September 2002 by George Burns and Brad Harness of London, Ontario to promote the interests of the Province of Ontario within the Canadian confederation. Burns, a former Liberal and past president of the London-North-Centre Canadian Alliance riding association, and Harness, a former Progressive Conservative and regional organizer of the London area Reform Party of Canada, both promised that a successful Ontario party would force the federal government to be run by a coalition of regions.
Ontario Place Ontario Place is an agency of the Government of the Canadian province of Ontario, an entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place. Built in 1971, it consists of three beautifully landscaped man-made islands.
Ontario Police College The Ontario Police College (OPC) is located in Malahide Township just east of Aylmer, Ontario, in the farm rich area of Southwestern Ontario. The college is built on the grounds of the former Royal Canadian Air Force Station Aylmer, which was constructed as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training program during World War II.
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2002 The 2002 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election was a leadership convention called in the fall of 2001 when Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Premier Mike Harris announced his intention to resign.
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election, 2004 On January 23, 2004, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Ernie Eves announced his intention to step down as leader before the fall of 2004. Eves was elected party leader in the party's 2002 leadership election, and became Premier of Ontario.
Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League The Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The league dates back to 1968.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is a trade union that represents about 115,000 employees in the broader public service of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Its president (as of 2006) is Leah Casselman.
Ontario Rugby Football Union The Ontario Rugby Football Union or ORFU was an early amateur Canadian football league with teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded in 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside Rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would evolve.
Ontario Science Centre Ontario Science Centre (OSC) is a science museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, near the Don Valley Parkway about 11 km northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road just south of Eglinton Avenue East. It is built down the side of a wooded ravine formed by one branch of the Don River.
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is a standardized test that is compulsory for students who wish to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. It was established in 2001, under the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario government under Mike Harris.
Ontario Securities Commission The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is a regulatory agency which administers and enforces securities legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OSC is an Ontario Crown corporation which reports to the Ontario legislature through the Minister of Finance.
Ontario Student Assistance Program The Ontario Student Assistance Program is a program by the government of Ontario, Canada, that offers financial aid to students concerning post-secondary education, in the form of loans and advice. The loans are interest-free as long as the student remains a full time student.
Ontario Student Trustee's Association - l'Association des Élèves conseillers et conseillères de l'Ontario The Ontario Student Trustees' Association (french: L'Association des eleves conseillers et conseilleres de L'Ontario) is an association composed of student trustees throughout the province of Ontario, Canada, and is a stakeholder in Ontario’s education system dedicated to representing the 1.9 million students in Ontario’s public education system.
Ontario Student Trustees’ Association The Ontario Student Trustees’ Association (l’Association des Élèves conseillers et conseillères de l’Ontario) is an organization of all school board student trustees in Ontario. It is the largest student stakeholder, and one of the largest overall stakeholders in the Ontario education system, representing the nearly two million students in Ontario.
Ontario Student Vote, 2003 The 2003 Ontario Student Vote was held in conjunction with the 2003 provincial election in Ontario, Canada. Students across Ontario in both secondary schools and elementary schools were given mock ballots which were exactly the same as the ones used in the election.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice The Superior Court of Justice for Ontario, Canada is the successor to the former Ontario Court of Justice (General Division), and was created on April 19 1999. Its predecessor, the Ontario Court (General Division) was the result of the 1990 merger and discontinuance of the previous High Court of Justice, District Court and Surrogate Court divisions of what used to be called the Supreme Court of Ontario.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), commonly referred to as Teachers', is the organization responsible for administering pensions for public school teachers of Ontario. The OTPP also invests the assets of the plan.
Ontario Telephone Service Commission The Ontario Telephone Service Commission (OTSC) was a quasi-judicial regulatory agency which regulated independent telephone companies (that is, those other than Bell Canada) in Ontario, Canada. It reported to the provincial legislature through the minister of transportation and communications.
Ontario Temperance Act Ontario Temperance Act was a law passed in Ontario in 1916 to prohibit the sale of alcohol, a period known as Prohibition. This meant the province remained dry in legal terms, but smugglers continued to import alcohol into the province.
Ontario Tower Ontario Tower is a luxury high-rise residential development in London's Docklands. It is being built by the Ballymore construction company, as part of a wider scheme in New Providence Wharf to provide new executive housing to meet changing demand in the Docklands area.
Ontario Trillium Foundation The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations, is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture. OTF distributes $100 million of government funding each year generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative.
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is an alliance of university student councils from across Ontario, Canada. Their common objective is to protect the interests of over 140,000 professional and undergraduate, full-time and part-time university students, and to provide research and ideas to the government on how to improve quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Ontario.
Ontario Universities' Application Centre The Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) is a non-profit organization that acts as a central bureau for managing the processing of applications to universities in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OUAC was founded in 1971 by the Council of Ontario Universities and the Ontario Universities' Council on Admissions, as the benefits of central application processing were recognized.
Ontario University Athletics Ontario University Athletics is the governing body of Ontario universities who compete in the a variety of varsity sports. The OUA came into being in 1997 with the merger of the Ontario Universities Athletics Association and the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Ontario Veterans Memorial Ontario Veterans War Memorial is a 30 metre (100-foot-long) granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park (Toronto) in Toronto, Ontario. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
Ontario Young Friends Ontario Young Friends (or OYF) is the name of the Quaker youth group for Ontario, Canada. While the OYF group was arranged informally for several years, it formally formed under the name in 2004, after being adopted by Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting.
Onterio Varrio Sur Onterio Varrio Sur (OVS, Sur Onta or Onterio Sur) is a Chicano street gang from South Ontario, California. The gang claims 10,500 members, but Members of the Black Angels, the subclique of senior OVS members, have gained notoriety as prominent members of the Mexican Mafia and are estimated to have over 800+ members.
Onterrio Smith Onterrio Raymond Lloyd Smith (born December 8, 1980 in Sacramento, California) is a former professional running back who played for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Oregon.
Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe Ontlametse Bernstein Menyatsoe was a police officer in the Bophuthatswana homeland in South Africa who came to international attention after killing wounded members of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) in front of a television news crew.
OntoClean In 2000, Nicola Guarino and Chris Welty published a series of papers on what came to be named OntoClean, a methodology for ontology-driven conceptual analysis. The methodology has been receiving increasing levels of attention in various communities.
Ontogeny and Phylogeny (book) Ontogeny and Phylogeny is Stephen Jay Gould's first technical book, published in 1977 by Belknap, a division of Harvard University Press. The book was originally conceived as a self-described "practice run to learn the style of lengthy exposition before embarking on my magnum opus about macroevolution," which was later published in 2002 as The Structure of Evolutionary Theory.
Ontological commitment In the philosophy of language and metaphysics, an ontological commitment is said to be necessary in order to make a statement in which the existence of one thing is presupposed or implied by asserting the existence of another. We are “committed” to the existence of the second thing, even though we may not have expected it, and may have intended to assert only the existence of the first.
Ontological security Ontological security is a stable mental state derived from a sense of continuity in regard to the events in one's life. Giddens (1991) refers to ontological security as a sense of order and continuity in regard to an individual’s experiences.
Ontology (computer science) In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.
Ontology Inference Layer OIL (Ontology Inference Layer or Ontology Interchange Language) can be regarded as an Ontology infrastructure for the Semantic Web (see paper "OIL: An Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web", IEEE Intelligent Systems, March/April 2001). OIL is based on concepts developed in Description Logic (DL) and frame-based systems and is compatible with RDFS.
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