[sc34wg3] TMRM: Issue 2 for Seoul

[Patrick Durusau]

Greetings,

2. Clarity on proxies being members of both isa (instance of) and sub 
(subcass of) relationships.

The current TMRM draft (under 4. Ontological Commitments (second 
paragraph) states in part:

***
Two types of relationships, isa (instance of) and sub (subclass of), are 
defined by this Standard.
Both are binary predicates over proxies, so that two given proxies are 
either in one of the above
types of relationships, or not.
***

The second sentence appears to the editors to be unclear. The intent was 
to allow two subject proxies to be members of isa and sub type 
relationships at the same time, or to allow subject proxies to be a 
member of one or the other, or to be members of neither one.

Therefore, the editors propose the following language to be substituted 
for the second sentence above:

"Both are binary predicates over proxies. Any two given proxies may be 
in either one or both of the above types of relationships, or not."

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
Patrick@Durusau.net
Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model
Member, Text Encoding Initiative Board of Directors, 2003-2005

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