[sc34wg3] SAM-issue psi-generics (was: SAM-issue term-scope-def)

Marc de Graauw sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:54:42 +0200


[Nikita Ogievetsky]

> So, I am a subject? Hmmm...

Yes you are.
XTM: A subject is anything that can be spoken about or conceived of by a
human being. In the most generic sense, a subject is anything whatsoever...
et cetera.
That certainly makes you (and me, and Lars, and Bernard ...) a subject.

> I think that a subject is a mental proxy for an individual.

Not in XTM (or ISO 13250).

Of course you can disagree with the definition of 'subject' in XTM, but that
is another issue...
Marc