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["Emmanuil M. Batsis" <mbatsis@humanmarkup.org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean B. Palmer [mailto:sean@mysterylights.com]

> > [...] Sean's recent "huml:idiomaticallyEquivalentTo" was a
> > silent example.
>
> Very well spotted.
>
> huml:idiomaticallyEquivalentTo aaron:kindaLike daml:equivalentTo .
>
> It's not a sub property of it, though. If it were a sub property, it would
> be true that everything that is idiomatically equivalent to something else
> were also totally (logically) equivalent to it. Idiomatic equivalence is a
> weak form of equivalence, not a specialization of a strong form of it.

Absolutely. Maybe what will prove as an essential solution for HumanML will be the
definition of non-hierarchical relationship types. Much like that "aaron:kindaLike" (Aaron
Swartz?).


> > You could also say that It's the extended OOP behind DAML
> > that helps you apply inheritance/relationships model that break
> > out of hierarchical boundaries.
>
> That's what puts the "Web" in the "Semantic Web"!

Yes, I never thought of it this way! I also have associated this "structure" of
information with the word "neuron" rather than "web".

Kindest regards,

Manos