RE: [ontac-forum] COSMO (upper model) Technical Kick off

["Roy Roebuck" <Roy.Roebuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree fully Denise:

 

The facet data structure of the general ontology is built from the seven “faceted hierarchies” of:  Location, Organization, Organization Unit, Function, Process, Resource, and Requirement.

 

The network data structure of the general ontology is built around the seven “relation types” of: Categorization (for above facets and additional categorization for multiple inheritance of attributes, etc.), Containment, Sequence, Change, Equivalence, Variance, and Reference.

 

These are then used as the foundation for describing what we call a “value-lattice” for each subject/thing identifying its seven value-chain relations with: customer, supplier, authority, partner, internal, outsource, and public entities/actors/processes.

 

So, for each subject/noun, its context would be defined by its facet categorization, its relations to other subjects, and its role in its aggregate value-lattice.

 

Roy

 

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From: ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontac-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dbedford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:41 PM
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Subject: RE: [ontac-forum] COSMO (upper model) Technical Kick off

 

All,

 

To form a comprehensive ontology at either at the concept level, or at the entity level, you need both a faceted data structure (one for each entry), and a network data structure to manage the relationships.  Each entry has to have a faceted description.  Each aspect of the description may have other types of data structures that manage variations and relationships (some can be hierarchical, some flat, some ring structures, and some networked).  A lattice comes closest to describing a networked taxonomy in that it supports multiple and different kinds of relationships among entities.  However, there needs to be a way to anchor on any one of the entries in the lattice - this is the faceted structure.  

 

You can scale up on this type of a structure because it is flexible and supports multiple points of entry, depending on your application and the context from which you want to view the entity at any point in time.

 

I hope these verbal descriptions make sense. 

 

Best regards,

Denise Bedford

World Bank 

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