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RE: [ontac-forum] ISO 15926 and BFO

To: "ONTAC-WG General Discussion" <ontac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "West, Matthew R SIPC-DFD/321" <matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:51:15 -0000
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Dear Barry,    (01)



> Uniquely, among existing 
> contributions, the BFO Relation Ontology allows the drawing of a 
> clear distinction between relations on the level of instances (e.g. 
> between your heart and your body) and relations on the level of types 
> (e.g. between the type human heart and the type human body).    (02)

MW: Just for the record, ISO 15926 also supports this.    (03)


Regards    (04)

Matthew West
Reference Data Architecture and Standards Manager
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom    (05)

Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Mobile: +44 7796 336538
Email: matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.shell.com
http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/    (06)


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