Re: Supporting arrays of concepts

In message <6.0.0.22.2.20040509145330.01bdd1d0@pop.skynet.be> on Sun, 9 
May 2004, Ron Davies <ron@rondavies.be> wrote
>Just another little wrinkle you might want to take into account. A node 
>label can in fact have as a subordinate in the classified structure 
>another node label.
>
>For example the AAT [1] has:
>
>furnishings
>     <furnishings by form and function> 
>          <coverings and hangings>
>               <coverings and hangings by general type>
>                    coverings
>                    hangings
>
>where the values between angle brackets are node labels.

The Getty does not call them "node labels" but "guide terms", which in 
my opinion confuses node labels with other things.

I maintain that <coverings and hangings> is not a node label, 
irrespective of the fact that it is printed in angle brackets. It does 
not contain "by" followed by a characteristic of division, and in fact 
is just a label for a broader concept than "coverings" and "hangings" 
separately. I would drop the angle brackets and treat it as a normal 
term.

There may be cases where one node label occurs immediately under another 
without any intermediate named concept, but I cannot think of one.
If you can give me an example I'll think whether such a structure is 
unavoidable!

Leonard

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