Re: About using distances or probabilities

Seth Russell wrote:
> 
> > While desigining the RDF schema i'm unable to uderstand how to put
> > distances or probabilities onn relations between two nodes i.e from one
> > node to other and vice-versa.Also see the attached file conataining the
> > diagram which explains what i mean, so please let me know the solution for
> > this with examples and how to allocate these diatances as described in the
> > diagram as 20,30 or you can take it as d1,d2 , so how assign values to
> > these d1 and d2 and how to use them.
> 
> You could hang the probabilites off the property nodes:
> 
> :Computer :pal20/30  :Printer.
> :pal20/30  :probability "20"; :inverseProbability "30"; a :Property.

Presumably this requires a unique Property instance for each different
link between nodes, for example if I have

John--believes-->SkyIsBlue
John--believes-->MagicPixies

and want to assign 99% confidence to the first one and 1% to the second,
I'd need a 'believes99' property and a 'believes01' property (or reify
both statements and attach the confidence level to those) ?

Or have I misunderstood?

Regards,

David.

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