SKOS broader/narrower confusion

Hi all,

I was describing SKOS yesterday to several colleagues. After a long
discussion, we found that skos:narrower and skos:broader could be
confusing to the user. 

In SKOS Core [1], the meaning of these properties is similar to concept
A has a broader term called concept B (i.e. A skos:broader B). In the
example, animal is considered to have a narrower concept called mammals.
However, my initial interpretation of the property was to say that
concept A is narrower than concept B. 

Regards,

Quentin

[1]
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-guide-20051102/#sechierarchy

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Received on Friday, 7 December 2007 17:59:37 UTC