Thanks Simon. From my perspective this (very useful suggestion) rather calls for a super-class 'Observer' with 'Sensor' being a sub-class (also because it is such a common term). Best Jano On 6/9/20 8:28 PM, Simon Cox wrote: > > The |Sensor| class is an abstract concept, whose extension includes > all agents, devices, software etc that is capable of implementing a > procedure in order to evaluate the state of some property. However, > the name 'Sensor' is usually only associated with a subset of this > conceptual space - i.e. mechanical and electronic sensors. While there > is no need to change the URI, it would be helpful and informative to > modify the annotation so that users get a better immediate indication > of the scope of this class. > > Note that the revision of ISO 19156 currently underway in ISO/TC 211 > is adopting many of the innovations from SSN/SOSA/SSN-ext into the UML > version of this model. They have already decided to name the > corresponding class 'Observer' instead of Sensor. > > — > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1177>, or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AANMP5QHIJH5BECEQS3VYW3RV34XJANCNFSM4NZ7HNTQ>. > -- Krzysztof Janowicz Geography Department, University of California, Santa Barbara 4830 Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060 Email: jano@geog.ucsb.edu Webpage: http://geog.ucsb.edu/~jano/ Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
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