Not all workers in knowledge engineering use the term "conceptualization", but instead refer to the conceptualization itself, or to the ontological commitment of all its realizations, as an overarching ontology.
conceptualize (third-person singular simple present conceptualizes, present participle conceptualizing, simple past and past participle conceptualized) To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept. quotations
Definition of conceptualize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to form an idea of something in your mind. conceptualize something as something These people do not conceptualize hunting as a violent act. Try to conceptualize thought processes as a series of circles.
Doctors must have a broad conceptualization of end-of-life care and the legal issues that support it. This isn't an easy question and it's at the root of how we, as a society, conceptualize justice.
