FW: Interpretation of SKOS-Mapping properties ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Cayzer [mailto:steve.cayzer@hp.com]
Sent: 01 December 2003 15:08
To: Miles, AJ (Alistair) 
Subject: Re: Interpretation of SKOS-Mapping properties ...


>  Do you
> suggest a name change (e.g. 'goodMatch' and 'notSoGoodMatch' :) or just a
> different definition of major and minor?
I don't think it matters much, though I'd tend to the latter.
I'd also be tempted to make them subproperties of an inexactMatch to
differentiate them from the more precise broader, narrower and exact.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miles, AJ (Alistair) " <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk>
To: "'Steve Cayzer'" <steve.cayzer@hp.com>; <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: RE: Interpretation of SKOS-Mapping properties ...


> Yeah, good point.  Actually the idea for major and minor match (with the
<>
> 50% definitions) came from the Hacet project report which I got a sneaky
> preview of.  I though it was better than just having 'inexactMatch'.  Do
you
> suggest a name change (e.g. 'goodMatch' and 'notSoGoodMatch' :) or just a
> different definition of major and minor?
>
> Al.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Cayzer [mailto:steve.cayzer@hp.com]
> > Sent: 01 December 2003 12:57
> > To: public-esw-thes@w3.org
> > Cc: public-esw-thes@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: Interpretation of SKOS-Mapping properties ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Hmmm, I see what you're saying, but I don't see why ">50%" (with its
> > illusion of precision) is better than "good" or some such (with its
> > guarantee of vagueness).
> > What we are talking about here the formal encoding of imprecision :)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Miles, AJ (Alistair) " <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk>
> > To: "'Steve Cayzer'" <steve.cayzer@hp.com>
> > Cc: <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:16 PM
> > Subject: Interpretation of SKOS-Mapping properties ...
> >
> >
> > > Hi Steve,
> > >
> > > > 3).
> > > > The major thing I wanted to post to the list is this (but you
> > > > may be able to
> > > > answer it directly?)
> > > > I notice that on
> > > > http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/2003/11/21-skos-mapping
> > > > has the following properties:
> > > >
> > > > <rdf:Property rdf:ID="majorMatch">
> > > > <rdfs:comment>If 'concept A has-major-match concept B'
> > then the set of
> > > > resources properly indexed against concept A shares more than
> > > > 50% of its
> > > > members with the set of resources properly indexed against concept
> > > > B.</rdfs:comment>
> > > > </rdf:Property>
> > > >
> > > > <rdf:Property rdf:ID="minorMatch">
> > > >   <rdfs:comment>If 'concept A has-minor-match concept B' then
> > > > the set of
> > > > resources properly indexed against concept A shares less
> > than 50% but
> > > > greater than 0 of its members with the set of resources
> > > > properly indexed
> > > > against concept B.</rdfs:comment>
> > > >     </rdf:Property>
> > > >
> > > > The use of some number (50%) rings warning bells in my mind.
> > > > What about
> > > > 49.7% vs 50.1% ? How do we know anyway?
> > > > A more comfortable definition (in my mind) would be
> > something vaguer
> > > > major match -> This means that a resource properly indexed
> > > > against A has a
> > > > good chance of being properly indexed against B
> > > > minor match -> This means that a resource properly indexed
> > > > against A has
> > > > some chance of being (or 'may be') properly indexed against B
> > >
> > > Good point.  This brings up a duality of perspective that
> > I've been trying
> > > to understand for a while.  Let's have a crack at explaining it...
> > >
> > > I have defined these properties with formal entailments,
> > i.e. majorMatch
> > > entails >50% overlap of the document sets corresponding to
> > the concepts.
> > > However, a person creating the mapping must make a best guess as to
> > whether
> > > this will be true, based on their interpretation of the
> > different meanings
> > > of the concepts.
> > >
> > > To make this point another way, consider the following two sets of
> > > instructions on how to use the <soks:majorMatch> property,
> > one to a person
> > > creating a mapping, and one to a programmer developing
> > applications that
> > use
> > > the <soks:majorMatch> property ...
> > >
> > > Instructions to mapper:
> > > Use <soks:majorMatch> to link concepts A and B if they
> > overlap in meaning,
> > > and if you believe that more than 50% of the documents that
> > are about
> > > concept A will also be about concept B.
> > >
> > > Instructions to programmer:
> > > The ( <ConceptA> <soks:majorMatch> <ConceptB> ) statement
> > entails that
> > >50%
> > > of the documents properly indexed against concept A are
> > also properly
> > > indexed against concept B.  Thus in a query the two concepts may be
> > > interchanged, and a success rate of >50% may be expected.
> > >
> > > I.e. the mapper makes a best guess based on the meaning of
> > the concepts,
> > > with imperfect knowledge of the actual document sets, and
> > the programmer
> > > writes programs that process these statements as if they are true
> > statements
> > > about the world, made by someone with perfect knowledge of
> > the document
> > > sets.
> > >
> > > I think it's worth bearing in mind what actual impact these
> > different
> > > mapping statements will have to the user.  A good mapping
> > will mean that a
> > > query app processing transformed queries can guarantee
> > complete recall,
> > and
> > > order the result set to put better matches first.  A poor
> > mapping means
> > lots
> > > of bogus results, incomplete recall and no good ordering.
> > In order to
> > > generate a good mapping, the mapper needs the right tools
> > (i.e. a well
> > > designed vocab) and must know how to use them (i.e. needs a
> > clear set of
> > > instructions).  So this is what we're working towards.
> > >
> > > How does that go down?
> > >
> > > Al.
> > >
> >
>

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