On Sun, October 14, 2012 21:32, John F Sowa wrote:
> ...
> There is more legacy software in the world than new software. So the
> most important axioms are the ones that describe the typical way that
> people would interpret terms like 'AutoDealer', 'FireStation', 'Time',
> 'GovernmentOrganization', or 'FoodEstablishment.CafeOrCoffeeShop'.
> Those are typical terms from http://www.schema.org/docs/full.html (01)
> Note that none of those terms have any definitions other than their
> placement in the hierarchy. (02)
However, they have lists of applicable properties due to their positions
in the hierarchy. This provides some semantics. I note that 'AutoDealer',
'FireStation', 'FoodEstablishment', and 'CafeOrCoffeeShop' are all
under both Place and Organization in the hierarchy. As places, they have
fixed spatial properties, while as organizations they have properties of
agents and groups. (03)
To be ontologically pure, one might distinguish the organization (which
can relocate) from the physical premises (which can not). However,
in common speech people will use the same name for both the organization
and the location, and anaphora to refer to one, even when the referenced
term referred to the other. (04)
-- doug foxvog (05)
> ... (06)
> John (07)
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