Re: Discovering Ontologies, or *gulp* Making My Own

For characterization I guess you could simply use SKOS and assign
categories to characters.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:54 PM Martynas Jusevičius
<martynas@atomgraph.com> wrote:
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> Steven,
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> I'm glad it helped :) Another one comes to mind: http://vocab.org/relationship/
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:03 PM Steven Harms <sgharms@stevengharms.com> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:52 AM Martynas Jusevičius <martynas@atomgraph.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> have you looked at https://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-model/ ?
> >
> >
> > This is extremely helpful. I think it's about 50% of what I was after. For further consideration, I'd like to build an example that builds on the annotation-model.
> >
> > We could imagine:
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> > Source: "Mr. and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
> >
> > This (seemingly simple!) sentence could host a number of annotations. Each is numbered with "Anno#" and shows a change to a specific "world" that the annotation justifies.
> >
> > Anno1: CHARACTER: Mr Dursley Exists // Instantiate an instance of Character, male, name="Mr Dursley"
> > Anno2: CHARACTER: Mrs Dursley Exists // Similar to above
> > Anno3: LOCATION: Privet Drive Exists // Instantiate FictionalLocation (?)
> > Anno4: LOCATION: Number 4 Privet Drive Exists // Instantiate FictionalLocation (?)
> > Anno5: CHARACTERIZATION: Mr. Dursley considersHimself "perfectly normal, thank you very much" // Use undefined Ontology predicates to specify Dursley
> > Anno6: CHARACTERIZATION: Mrs. Dursley considersHimself "perfectly normal, thank you very much" // ...as above
> > Anno7: CHARACTER-FACT: (CHARACTER) Mr. Dursley livesAt (PREDICATE) (LOCATION) 4 Privet Drive // etc...
> > Anno7: CHARACTER-FACT: (CHARACTER) Mrs. Dursley livesAt (PREDICATE) (LOCATION) 4 Privet Drive
> > Anno7: CHARACTER-FACT: (CHARACTER) Mr. Dursley spouse (PREDICATE) (CHARACTER) Mrs. Dursley
> >
> > The annotation model provides the ability to record the link between a target and a change in the state of the "book reality" of, in this case, "Harry Potter."
> >
> > 1. Is there an ontology that allows one to describe nouns like "Character," "Location," "livesAt," "isMarriedTo"? I realize that some of those predicates e.g. spouse are covered by existing ontologies." Is it appropriate to apply those to fictional universes as well?
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> > 2. Some of the fundamental ontology entities that an "Ontology for Fiction" would need to define are clearer:
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> > * Character-Fact: For modeling objective facts about the character
> > * Characterization: String which specifies the Charater's tendencies, morals, etc.
> >
> > 3. If the "Ontology for Fiction" does exist....how did you find it? :)
> >
> > 4. If I need to define it, can the sages here agree that I've exhausted options for using pre-existing work and need to undertake it myself?
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > Steven
> >
> > --
> > Steven G. Harms
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