representing probability in RDF

• From: Yoshio FUKUSHIGE <fuku@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:36:37 +0900
• To: "Danny Ayers" <danny666@virgilio.it>, "Natasha Noy" <noy@smi.stanford.edu>
• Cc: <public-swbp-wg@w3.org>, "Yoshio FUKUSHIGE" <fuku@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <000f01c4953b$e7a955a0$5148b4db@delldell>

Hello Natasha and Danny (and all),

I've been working on a framework for representing probabilistic relations in
RDF,
and would like to release a new version of my proposal.

http://www.w3.org/2004/09/06-Yoshio/onProbabilisticRelations.xml

(It requires MathPlayer to get the correct view, for it uses the MathML)
MathPlayer: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/

The main features are:

* Predicate centric representation of Nary relationship
* Simple virtualization (reification) with prob:Clause
* Use of prob:ProbabilisticSatement (and others) to represent probabilistic
relationship
(unlike the quad approach which directly attaches a probability to a
statement)
* Introduction of prob:Probability to represent probability

I would be very grateful if you could read it and give me any comments,
which will lead to a public discussion.

Best,
Yoshio Fukushige
fuku@w3.org

Received on Wednesday, 8 September 2004 00:36:40 UTC