- From: Dickinson, Ian John (HP Labs, Bristol, UK) <ian.dickinson@hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:15:56 -0000
- To: "Miles, AJ (Alistair)" <A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk>
- Cc: <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Hi Al, > I thought about adding an rdfs:comment to the description of > the skos:broader and skos:narrower properties specifically to > indicate the directionality, but I've been trying to avoid > phrases like 'The skos:broader predicate implies that the > object of the statement is broader than the subject' which is > fine for RDF experienced folks but a bit confusing for others > (I would get 'object' and 'subject' mixed up for a good long while :) An example often helps to clarify such things. How about: "The skos:broader predicate implies that the object (right hand argument) of the statement is broader, i.e. more general, than the subject (left argument). For example, 'Tiger skos:broader Feline'." Possibly replacing 'argument' with 'operand' to avoid confusing the senses "parameter" and "dispute, justification". Ian
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