- From: Antoine Isaac <aisaac@few.vu.nl>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:45:14 +0100
- To: <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Hi Les, > > I know that in many cases you could retrieve the "original" skos:broader statements from skos:broaderTransitive one. But: > > - this would require an algorithm which is not so trivial > > - in some cases, the assumptions on which such an algorithm would typically rely on are in fact wrong. These cases are very rare, but still... > > Earlier in this thread I was surprised to read suggestions that skos:broader might be inferred from skos:broaderTransitive, and you have cast some doubt this possibility. May I suggest that such algorithms would typically rely on mono-hierarchical relationships? There are many vocabularies with polyhierarchies and it would be impractical (impossible?) to programmatically reconstruct skos:broader from skos:broaderTransitive in those projects. Probably, yes. Antoine > *Les Kneebone > *Project Manager - ScOT | Content Services > *T* +61 3 9657 9733 | *F* +61 3 9910 9800 | *M *0432 603 278 > les.kneebone@esa.edu.au > _http://www.esa.edu.au_ > > _http://au.linkedin.com/in/leskneebone_ > > Visit ScOT at _http://scot.curriculum.edu.au_ >
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