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http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment
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A data type is often treated as a purely syntactic
label associated with a variable when it is declared, such as
integer, float, boolean, character, and string, etc. Such
definitions of 'data type' do not give any semantic meaning to the
data types. In the context of this ontology, a data type can
include more meaning beyond the syntax, such as who created the
data type, the source standard that the data type derives from,
the operations that can be done on datasets of that data type, and
typical scientific domains, software programs and/or instruments
that use the data type, etc. The intent is that any humans or
machines that when they encounter that data type can quickly
'understand' or be in a situation to at least 'process' details
within the dataset without even downloading that dataset.
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