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# Introduction

**Kiwi** is a set of ontologies, which are domain-specific vocabularies, for
[[/projects/Smaoin]]. These vocabularies are used when expressing information
and describing objects which belong to the domain.

Ontologies are usually interconnected. It makes no difference to the
information, to which ontology some entity belongs. But by dividing the
definitions into domains, managing the vocabularies and their development
becomes easier for humans. It also allows people to organize and create
vocabularies for their areas of interest and expertise.

The Kiwi ontologies are not special in any way - they are regular ontologies
just like any other. But Kiwi is a title for the ontologies developed as part
of the Rel4tion project. Many ontologies are the basis for many practical uses
of Razom, and common types of applications will need them.

The name "Kiwi" comes from "wiki" with letters switched. The first ontology
which entered development was based on the data model of wikis (like this
wiki), so I called it Kiwi. Later I added many many new ontologies and the
original Kiwi ontology wasn't just about wikis anymore, but I liked the name
and decided to use Kiwi as a title for the ontology development effort in
Rel4tion.

# Freedom

Kiwi is dedicated to freedom and sharing. Its materials are released to the
public domain using CC0. See [[/freedom]].

# Data

See [[data]].

# Community

See the [[/community]] page.

# Bugs, Ideas, Tasks and Decisions

See these:

- [[tickets]]
- [[decisions]]