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Subject: Re: [topicmaps-comment] OpenCyc and Topic Maps: Progress Report
"Thomas B. Passin" wrote: > <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#ProperNameString"/> > > but the comments describing ProperNameString do not agree with those for > Abbreviation. An Abbreviation is said to be > > "A shortened version of a written word or phrase" > > wheras a ProperNameString is said to be > > "The collection of all proper names, considered as haracter strings. > > I don't see how, with these definitions, Abbreviation can be a subClassOf > ProperNameString. I can't give a rationale for this, but this does reflect the KB in the OpenCyc distribution. Abbreviation directly generalizes ProperNameString. If I had to guess, I would say that the rationale is that an abbreviation is a name for the word it abbreviates. Cheers, E. ----- Eliot Kimber ISOGEN International
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