Re: Ontology vs. taxonomy

On 28/6/05 1:54 AM, "Phil Murray" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Claudio's succinct description of "taxonony" -- "taxonomies only include
> hierarchical relations (A is a kind of B)" -- might be sufficient. But
> shouldn't we also include whole-part relationships as another very
> fundamental application of taxonomies?

Some implementations of hierarchical taxonomies allow for three classes of
BT/NT ...

BroaderTermPartative / NarrowerTermPartative (BTP / NTP) -- denotes that the
broader/narrower relationship is with the sense that A is a part of B. For
example: a hard drive is a part of a computer, spanner is a NTP of toolbox.

BroaderTermGeneric / NarrowerTermGeneric (BTG / NTG) -- denotes that the
broader/narrower relationship is with the sense that the broader term is a
more generic class or name for the narrower terms. Rats are a narrower term
of the more generic term rodents.

roaderTermInstance / NarrowerTermInstance (BTI / NTI) -- denotes that the
narrower term is an instance or example of the broader term. "Cinderella" is
an NTI of "fairy tales". Instance terms typically do not have any narrower
terms themselves.

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