Re: Typing: was Re: DBpedia as possible project

Hi Lars,

On 5 Nov 2010, at 9:25 AM, Lars Heuer wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> [...]
>> Actually, I was saying that you might actually have both statements
>> in the same map, using whichever was most expressive for whatever
>> you were trying to say. ;)
> 
> Yes, and I definitely like that approach. Inference rules/duck typing
> for Topic Maps. ;)

Egggsssactly... ;)

[snip]

> [...]
>>> No problem at all. But could be a problem if "construction worker" is
>>> defined as
>>> 
>>>  construction-worker ako person.
> 
>> Because construction-work is a narrower specialization?
> 
> I meant that your Topic Maps engine will deliver "Bob the Builder" [1]
> if you ask for all persons in the map. Which may be wrong or correct,
> that depends on your view of course.

Don't tell my 4yo son.  Everywhere we go, it's "Look!  A Bob!!" and that moniker gets applied to everything from construction equipment to construction workers to toys to the cartoon versions of the same. ;)

I actually hadn't twigged that you were meaning "real" person vs. "representation of a real person in a fictional environment" so the parenting indoctrination must be working rather effectively!

Thanks again for the discussion this week!

Cheers,

ast
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