Re: Introductions

I just want to give some  thoughts on this topic. I am
not attempting at any answers . My objective is to
start a good discussion on thesaurus representation.


If we take this example of "Airplane"  it is an
"ENTITY / CONCRETE OBJECT / THING ". 

A Concrete Object may have its Species / Types :
"Supersonic Airplane" for instance.

It may have its Parts : "Landing Gear" for instance.

It may have Properties : Flight Range, Speed etc.

It may perform certain Actions:  Diving, Rolling

If the terms are grouped this way in the thesaurus
then it almost corresponds to faceted representation.

Hope this helps. I would appreciate comments and
criticism.

F.J. Devadason


--- Robert Parks <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not a "new" member, but I'll introduce myself.
> I'm head of the 
> Wordsmyth dictionary project
> (http://www.wordsmyth.net) and I'm 
> looking for ways to represent a "thesaurus" of
> semantic relations 
> such as the "Word Explorer" in the Wordsmyth
> Children's Dictionary. 
> Check an entry such as "airplane" in the children's
> dictionary to see 
> a sample. I can imagine how this would be
> represented as topics and 
> associations in a topic map. But I'm having trouble
> figuring out 
> which relations would be facets. Does a faceted
> analysis require 
> "fundamental" facets that apply to all entries?
> Bob
> 
> >Hi all,
> >a whole bunch of new members have joined in the
> last few months, so
> >I'd like to invite them to introduce themselves
> briefly. Who'se first?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Peter
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