[sc34wg3] Questions on N0396: (13) what is the [type] of aname?

[Graham Moore]

Jan,

Why would names be done as properties and occurrences as assertions in a
TMM -> SAM mapping? One of the reasons you gave for occurrence as assertions
was because they are scoped. Names are also scoped though.

gra

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Graham Moore, Ontopian               <URL: http://www.ontopia.net >
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Algermissen" <algermissen@acm.org>
To: <sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [sc34wg3] Questions on N0396: (13) what is the [type] of aname?


> Steve Pepper wrote:
> >
> > At 20:23 22.04.2003 +0200, Jan Algermissen wrote:
> > >what is the meaning of the [type] property on the
> > >name item? Can you give me some examples of name types?
> >
> > It specifies the class to which the name belongs, just as
> > [type] properties on occurrence, association and association
> > role items do.
> >
> > It was introduced at the Baltimore meeting in order to solve
> > the issue of the topic-naming-constraint. As such it is an
> > extension to XTM (note that <baseName> elements can now have
> > <instanceOf> subelements*), but one that was deemed to be
> > necessary in order to fix the TNC bug.
>
> [having a hard time to resist the temptation to comment on calling
>  the TNC a bug :o) ]
>
> >
> > See
> >
http://www.ontopia.net/omnigator/models/topic_complete.jsp?tm=tm-standards.x
tm&id=293
> >
> > for more details.
> >
> > An example might be
> >
> > <topic id="germany">
> >    <baseName>
> >      <instanceOf><topicRef xlink:href="#iso3166-code"/></instanceOf>
> >      <baseNameString>de</baseNameString>
> >    </baseName>
> > </topic>
> >
> > The topic with the ID "iso3166-code" represents a class of names.
> >
> > If that topic is an instance of the class
> >    http://psi.topicmaps.org/sam/1.0/#unique-characteristic
> >
> > topics with names of that type will be subject to name-based merging.
>
> So in that sense, a controled vocabulary is a 'class of names', yes?
>
>
> > Note that "unique-characteristic" is similar in some ways to the RM's
> > SIDPs...
>
> Well, sure! A SAM-as-TMA would provide two properties, one propably called
> "QualifiedName" (value type being a set of name-nameclass pairs) and the
other
> one "Label" (value type being a set of names).
>
> Thanks Steve,
>
> Jan
>
>
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > *) See http://www.isotopicmaps.org/sam/sam-xtm/#sect-dtd
> >
> > --
> > Steve Pepper, Ontopian
> > http://www.ontopia.net
> > DUMUS DELENDUM EST
> >
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