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Hi Martin: It would be interesting to read your comments on http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/~phs1it/papers/layer7.htm and Greenwald's levels of representation diagram therein. Note that in that diagram for human cognition, schemata are at the top of the five levels, but categorization is in the middle. Thus schemata <-> propositions <-> categories <-> objects <-> features Note the emphasis or recognition of patterns to properly name new instances, and the concern of the author that most approaches have emphasized relations within a level over relations between levels. Since I am not very familiar with RDF models being applied although I understand the basics of RDF, I wonder how or if designers are handlingthis. My intuition is that just as these authors describe, RDF semantic models must be able to be layered and relations between levels are critical for compressability to work well. By compressability, note the use of automated classification techniques to create higher level representations that are more efficient and the enabling of higher level operations based on the outputs of the lower level processes. If we are to use semantic networks well, QOS issues become germane quickly. A user of a high-level representation should not have to rely on deep knowledge of the network to wire it into an advanced workflow. On the other hand, unless the QOS numbers indicate a highly reliable component operating on an authoritative, credible model, this is a dicey thing to try without lots of testing. Exhaustive testing seems unreasonable to require, but are there alternatives other than "ship it and wait for customer feedback". Len Bullard Intergraph Public Safety clbullar@i... http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Martin Bryan [mailto:mtbryan@s...] One of the key problems is the wollyness of these commonly usesd (or I should say misused) names. If you replace them with the more accurate CONSISTS-OF and HAS-BEEN-CLASSIFIED-AS you can start to see the relationship between the two, especially if you think in terms of Whole/Part relationships.
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