Re: Typing: was Re: DBpedia as possible project
Antony Pitts <[email protected]>
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Hi Andrew - there was no formal definition implied, just a difference in normal verbal usage that seems pertinent, and is reflected in the TMDM. Antony http://www.musicdna.info http://cd.tp On 3 Nov 2010, at 22:35, "Andrew S. Townley" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Antony, > > On 3 Nov 2010, at 7:49 PM, Antony Pitts | musicDNA wrote: > >> Hi Andrew, Lars, et al, >> >> Great thread. For what it's worth, in the musicDNA ontology we differentiate between "is a" and "as a" but use the same topics both as topic types and role types, e.g. composer, John Cage is a composer, John Cage notates 4'33"* as a composer. These topics are part of a thesaurus which - the plan is - the community will build and moderate. We think you can then talk about both kinds of instances, as well as the overlap between them (compare J.S.Bach with Anthony Burgess, for instance). Perhaps not the optimal approach, but we're hoping it'll work in practice ;-) > > That's pretty-much the kind of thing I'm talking about. Would be curious why you've defined the "as a" if you're doing what you say, but it's the same basic idea. > > Thanks for the comments. > > Cheers, > > ast > -- > Andrew S. Townley <[email protected]> > http://atownley.org >