Definition

The collection of conventions used to encode and interpret things which bear information; a syntax together with a semantic mapping. Instances include natural languages like French or English, database data formats, and computer languages or idiosyncratic systems of gestures or symbols known only by a small group of people.

Broader Subject Concepts  umbel: Individual  umbel: Intangible  umbel: Partially Intangible  umbel: Partially Intangible In...  umbel: Thing  umbel: Information Store  umbel: Intangible Individual  umbel: Aspatial Information St...	Narrower Subject Concepts  umbel: Indo Aryan Language Fam...  umbel: Afroasiatic Language Fa...  umbel: Algonquian Language Fam...  umbel: Algonquian Wakashan La...  umbel: Altaic Language Family  umbel: Anatolian Language Fami...  umbel: Andean Language Family  umbel: Andean Equatorial Lang...  umbel: Annamese Muong Languag...  umbel: Application Layer Proto... All concepts...  umbel: Asymmetric Digital Subs...  umbel: Athabascan Language Fam...  umbel: Australian Language Fam...  umbel: Austroasiatic Language ...  umbel: Aztec Tanoan Language ...  umbel: Baltic Language Family  umbel: Berber Language Family  umbel: Borotuke Language Famil...  umbel: Caddoan Language Family  umbel: Cariban Language Family  umbel: Caucasian Language Fami...  umbel: Celtic Language Family  umbel: Central Dravidian Langu...  umbel: Chad Language Family  umbel: Chari Nile Language Fa...  umbel: Chibchan Language Famil...  umbel: Chinese Language Family  umbel: Coahuiltecan Language F...  umbel: Communications Security...  umbel: Creole Language  umbel: Daic Language Family  umbel: Data Link Layer Protoco...  umbel: Dead Language  umbel: Dead Language In Use  umbel: Declarative Programming...  umbel: Dravidian Language Fami...  umbel: Equatorial Language Fam...  umbel: Eskimo Language Family  umbel: Eskimo Aleut Language ...  umbel: Eyak Language Family  umbel: Fennic Uralic Language...  umbel: Finno Ugric Uralic Lan...  umbel: Furian Language Family  umbel: Gaelic Language Family  umbel: Ge Pano Carib Languag...  umbel: Gean Or Panoan Language...  umbel: Germanic Language Famil...  umbel: Guitar Tablature Notati...  umbel: Hamitic Language Family  umbel: Hellenic Language Famil...  umbel: Hmong Mien Language Fa...  umbel: Hmongic Language Family  umbel: Hokan Language Family  umbel: Hokan Siouan Language ...  umbel: Huave Language Family  umbel: Indo European Language...  umbel: Indo Iranian Language ...  umbel: Inuit Language Family  umbel: Iroquoian Language Fami...  umbel: Italic Language Family  umbel: Kannada Dravidian Lang...  umbel: Koman Language Family  umbel: Kwa Congo Language Fam...  umbel: Language Dialect  umbel: Language Isolate  umbel: Macro Chibchan Languag...  umbel: Macro Otomanguean Lang...  umbel: Manchu Tungus Language ...  umbel: Mayan Language Family  umbel: Mixe Zoque Language Fa...  umbel: Mixtecan Language Famil...  umbel: Mon Khmer Language Fam...  umbel: Munda Language Family  umbel: Muskogean Language Fami...  umbel: Nadene Language Family  umbel: Network Layer Protocol  umbel: Niger Congo Language F...  umbel: North Dravidian Languag...  umbel: Northern Caucasian Lang...  umbel: On Demand Receptions  umbel: Otomian Language Family  umbel: Permic Uralic Language...  umbel: Presentation Layer Prot...  umbel: Romance Language Family  umbel: Salishan Language Famil...  umbel: Semitic Language Family  umbel: Siouan Language Family  umbel: Slavic Language Family  umbel: South Dravidian Languag...  umbel: South Dravidian Dravid...  umbel: Southern Caucasian Lang...  umbel: Tanoan Language Family  umbel: Thraco Illyrian Langua...  umbel: Thraco Phrygian Langua...  umbel: Tokharian Language Fami...  umbel: Turkic Language Family  umbel: Uto Aztecan Language F...  umbel: Volgaic Uralic Languag...  umbel: Wakashan Language Famil...  umbel: Yuman Language Family  umbel: Zapotecan Language Fami...  umbel: Alphabetic Writing  umbel: Choreography Notation  umbel: Constructed Human Langu...  umbel: Cuneiform  umbel: Digital Subscriber Line  umbel: Drag And Drop  umbel: Fictional Language  umbel: Formal Language  umbel: Human Language  umbel: Ideographic Writing  umbel: Living Language  umbel: Logographic Writing  umbel: Maidu Language Family  umbel: Mathematical Language  umbel: Mathematical Notation  umbel: Natural Language  umbel: Network Protocol  umbel: Niger Kordofanian Lang...  umbel: Nilo Saharan Language ...  umbel: Penutian Language Famil...  umbel: Physical Layer Protocol  umbel: Pidgin Language  umbel: Plaintext Protocol  umbel: Point System Writing S...  umbel: Proto Language  umbel: Protocol Stack Layer  umbel: Quasi Alphabetic Writi...  umbel: Receive Protocol  umbel: Sahaptin Chinook Langu...  umbel: Saharan Language Family  umbel: Session Layer Protocol  umbel: Sign Language  umbel: Sino Tibetan Language ...  umbel: Songhai Language Family  umbel: Syllabic Writing  umbel: Tablature Notation  umbel: Thai Language Family  umbel: Tibeto Burman Language...  umbel: Tolkienian Language Fam...  umbel: Totonacan Language Fami...  umbel: Transmit Protocol  umbel: Transport Layer Protoco...  umbel: Tsimshian Language Fami...  umbel: Uralic And Altaic Langu...  umbel: Uralic Language Family  umbel: Wintun Language Family  umbel: Yokut Language Family  umbel: Code Communication Con...  umbel: Communication Protocol  umbel: Computer Interface Conv...  umbel: Database Data Format  umbel: Encryption Algorithm  umbel: Language  umbel: Musical Notation Gener...  umbel: Notation Communication...  umbel: Style Of Communication  umbel: Writing System
Broader External Classes • rdfs:Class • rdfs:Resource • owl:Class • owl:Thing	Narrower External Classes Category not requested	Equivalent External Classes • cyc:CommunicationConvention

Might be the Subject of these Predicates • dcterms:title • dcterms:description • dcterms:language • dcterms:issued • dcterms:subject All predicates... • dcterms:isReferencedBy • dcterms:isPartOf • dcterms:identifier • dcterms:publisher • dcterms:contributor • bibo:interviewer • bibo:interviewee • bibo:director • dcterms:date • dcterms:rights • bibo:abstract • bibo:shortDescription • dcterms:coverage • foaf:fundedBy • foaf:page • foaf:depiction • foaf:name • foaf:maker • foaf:homepage • foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf • foaf:logo • foaf:theme

Might be the Object of these Predicates • dcterms:description • cc:legalcode • cc:morePermissions • cc:attributionURL • dcterms:subject All predicates... • dcterms:isReferencedBy • dcterms:isPartOf • bibo:reviewOf • bibo:transcriptOf • bibo:annotates • bibo:shortDescription • foaf:fundedBy • foaf:mbox • foaf:depicts • foaf:topic_interest • foaf:pastProject • foaf:currentProject • foaf:logo • foaf:topic • foaf:made • foaf:primaryTopic • foaf:theme