Re: Inconsistent capitalization of "multiwordexpression" between the  specification and the ontology

Hi,

 

It is not easy to determine what is the correct English spelling because there is no unique reference like the dictionary of Académie Française as we have for French.

 

As far as I know, in English, for a given expression, the spelling usually evolves over time following this simple rule, if the expression is written first with an hyphen, and if the expression becomes popular, the hyphen is dropped and the different parts are joined. So, for instance, "morpho-syntax" becomes "morphosyntax" and "multi-word" becomes "multiword".

 

Gil

 

 

> Message du 18/07/18 08:54
> De : "John McCrae" 
> A : "Armando Stellato" 
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> Objet : Re: Inconsistent capitalization of "multiwordexpression" between the  specification and the ontology
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Hi Armando,

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I would tend to agree, however in this case the correct English spelling is unclear, so that Oxford only accepts 'multi-word', while Wiktionary accepts both 'multi-word' and 'multiword' (which Google adds a red squiggly line to on my computer). As such, I think we could go for either spelling and I would like to avoid deprecating terms.

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Regards,
John


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On 17 July 2018 at 16:16, Armando Stellato  wrote:
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Dear John,

 

that’s the same practical consideration I had. On the other side it is a pity to have a term mistyped (let’s say, overCamelCased :D ) just because it has been overlooked in the ontology.

 

I would propose this (if you and others agree and if it is possible do to this change in a reasonable time)

 

·        Replace-all MultiWordExpression with MultiwordExpression (that is the definition and mentions)

·        Add a @deprecated MultiWordExpression class which is owl:equivalentClassOf MultiwordExpression so all old data importing the new version of the ontology(ies) will remain consistent, but any new client will know that they should use the proper name

 

Cheers,


> Armando

 

 

 




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> From: John McCrae 
> Date: Mon 16 Jul 2018, 16:08
> Subject: Re: Inconsistent capitalization of "multiwordexpression" between the specification and the ontology
> To: Manuel Fiorelli 


 


Hi Manuel,


 



Thanks for this. It probably should be MultiwordExpression like in the specification, but I think it is easier to change the specification than the ontology. So I would propose we keep the ontology and use MultiWordExpression.



 



Any other opinions? 



 



Regards, 



John 



 



On Mon 16 Jul 2018, 15:59 Manuel Fiorelli,  wrote:





Dear all



 



I've just spotted an inconsistency between the specification (https://www.w3.org/2016/05/ontolex/#lexical-entries) and the ontology (https://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex.rdf):




the specification contains ontolex:MultiwordExpression (the word "word" is lower case)
the ontology contains ontolex:MultiWordExpression (the word "Word" is upper case)


I don't know whether the specification or the ontology should prevail in such cases, but for sure if I follow the specification my "multi word expressions" will be missclassified by an ontology reasoner.



 



Without delving into the general case, in this specific situation which alternative is the right one?



 


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Manuel Fiorelli













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