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Re: [oor-forum] OOR Architecture & API Workshop-XI - Tue 2012.03.20

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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:03:17 -0500
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On 3/20/2012 11:26 AM, TSchneider wrote:
> there may not be simple correspondence to 'classes/concepts'    (01)

I'm sorry that I did not respond to this part in my previous note.    (02)

My recommendation is to take relations as fundamental.  All other
terms are defined by relations.  A class is defined by a monadic
relation and its extension in some domain.    (03)

If there are any terms in some Kn Rep. language that don't have simple
definitions in terms of relations, there is a very simple solution:    (04)

    That usage is DEPRECATED.    (05)

See my note on Natural Semantic Language in Ontolog Forum.    (06)

John    (07)

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