Informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages Pattern¶

Source: ODP portal · Published by: ontologydesignpatterns.org · Category: information · Domain: general

In which language is a given document, diagram or formula expressed, and is that language a natural one, a graphical one, or a formal one?; Which community uses a given natural language, and which languages does a given community use?; What does a given formula or symbol stand for, and which formulas or symbols stand for a given thing?

What it answers¶

In which language is a given document, diagram or formula expressed, and is that language a natural one, a graphical one, or a formal one?
Which community uses a given natural language, and which languages does a given community use?
What does a given formula or symbol stand for, and which formulas or symbols stand for a given thing?

The pattern¶

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Should you use this one?¶


Size	12 classes, 7 properties, 110 axioms
Brings in	3 imported ontologies, so adopting it adopts those too
Reasoning	HermiT finds this pattern consistent, with no unsatisfiable class, and its worked example consistent with the pattern.

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Terms it declares¶

The 33 classes and properties this pattern models, as the recommender scores them. Annotation properties and built-ins are excluded, because an annotation property is not modelling.

http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/agentrole.owl#Agent
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#Concept
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#classifies
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/classification.owl#isClassifiedBy
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/collectionentity.owl#Collection
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/collectionentity.owl#hasMember
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/collectionentity.owl#isMemberOf
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/communities.owl#Community
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#FormalExpression
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#FormalLanguage
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#IconicLanguage
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#IconicObject
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#Language
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#LinguisticObject
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#NaturalLanguage
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#conceptualizes
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#formallyRepresents
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#hasRepresentationLanguage
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#isConceptualizedBy
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#isFormallyRepresentedIn
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/informationobjectsandrepresentationlanguages.owl#isRepresentationLanguageOf
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#InformationObject
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#SocialObject
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#expresses
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#isAbout
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#isExpressedBy
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/intensionextension.owl#isReferenceOf
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/objectrole.owl#Object
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/objectrole.owl#Role
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/objectrole.owl#hasRole
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/objectrole.owl#isRoleOf
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/partof.owl#hasPart
http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/partof.owl#isPartOf

An example of it in use¶

The pattern says what may be asserted; this says it. The graph below is a small set of individuals that instantiate the classes above and are connected by its properties, so the shape the pattern describes is visible as data rather than as a schema.

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