Re: Fwd: Re: TMRM: isa/sub - irreflexive relation vs. reflexive relation

* Alexander Johannesen
> 
> Of course it's obvious what that /technically/ means. My question was
> what does it mean to us, to humans, to we who make Topic Maps and deal
> with the semantics, what does it mean to those of us who not only live
> in the representational world but also in the real one. Ie, can you
> come up with an example that makes sense from our world rather than
> the world of set theory or OO?

No.

However, remember that classes don't actually exist in the real world. You're never going to see or touch a class. So if you want to leave the representational world behind then basically you've also left classes behind, and the whole issue becomes meaningless.

--Lars M.
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