- From: Richard H. McCullough <rhm@PioneerCA.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:27:43 -0700
- To: "Bijan Parsia" <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>, "Matt Williams" <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk>
- Cc: "Owl Dev" <public-owl-dev@w3.org>, "Semantic Web" <semantic-web@w3.org>
P.S. mKR "isa" has 2 possible meanings -- "isu" or "iss" x isu y; means x is an individual y is a class x is an instance of y x iss y; means x is a class y is a class x is a species of y (x is a proper subclass of y) Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard H. McCullough" <rhm@PioneerCA.com> To: "Bijan Parsia" <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>; "Matt Williams" <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk> Cc: "Owl Dev" <public-owl-dev@w3.org>; "Semantic Web" <semantic-web@w3.org> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:59 PM Subject: Re: Many meanings of Is A >I went thru a similar problem when I was trying to figure out how to > translate > English "is" into mKR language. I found about 10 meanings listed in my > dictionary. > My notes are attached. > > Dick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bijan Parsia" <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk> > To: "Matt Williams" <matthew.williams@cancer.org.uk> > Cc: "Owl Dev" <public-owl-dev@w3.org>; "Semantic Web" > <semantic-web@w3.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: Many meanings of Is A > > >> >> On Jun 19, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Matt Williams wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I remember reading somewhere that someone had once compared many >>> different usages of "Is A". >>> >>> Can anyone point me to the ref? >> >> "What IS-a is and isn't", by Ron Brachman. >> >> IIRC, he distinguishes on the order of 27 senses in use at the time in >> KR/semantic net systems. >> >> I believe it's online. >> >> Cheers, >> Bijan. >> >> > Dick McCullough > http://mKRmKE.org/ > knowledge := man do identify od existent done; > knowledge haspart proposition list; > mKE do enhance od "Real Intelligence" done; > Dick McCullough http://mKRmKE.org/ knowledge := man do identify od existent done; knowledge haspart proposition list; mKE do enhance od "Real Intelligence" done;
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