- From: <Simon.Cox@csiro.au>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 00:16:13 +0000
- To: <martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org>, <tom.grahame@bbc.co.uk>
- CC: <public-vocabs@w3.org>
> there is no relevant difference between a quantitative value and a measurement As defined in VIM and O&M, and reflected in the current schema.org proposal, these are quite different things. 'Measurement' is an action or event, the _result_of_which_ is a quantitative value. Simon Cox -----Original Message----- From: martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org [mailto:martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org] Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2014 11:10 PM To: Tom Grahame Cc: W3C Web Schemas Task Force Subject: Re: New Proposal - Measurement (in support of describing sports statistics) Conceptually, I think there is no relevant difference between a quantitative value and a measurement, since all what we process in computer systems are abstractions of reality, so any qualitative value represented in any computer system is essentially tied to a measurement activitity (except for values generated randomly or algorithmically, but with a wider notion of what "measurement" means, that could well be covered, too). Martin On 04 Sep 2014, at 14:59, Tom Grahame <tom.grahame@bbc.co.uk> wrote: > > On 04/09/2014 10:51, "Markus Lanthaler" <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net> wrote: > >> - Is quantityValue really required? Can't a Measurement be a >> QuantitativeValue at the same time? > > As I interpret the examples, the Measurement is the activity (a form > of > observation) and the QuantitativeValue an outcome of the activity, so > they are different things. > > Iım not sure what is correct but the problem may stem from this part > of the proposal, in the Terminology section, where I think Measurement > may need to settle one way or the other: > "The term Measurement may refer to act of measuring (its verb form) or > the result of that act (its noun form).² > > Tom > >
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