Re: GILS elements in the Basic Semantic Registry


Subject: Re: GILS elements in the Basic Semantic Registry
Eliot Christian (echristi@usgs.gov)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:23:44 -0500


Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980319152344.00783fa0@130.118.4.2>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:23:44 -0500
To: gils@cni.org
From: Eliot Christian <echristi@usgs.gov>
Subject: Re: GILS elements in the Basic Semantic Registry
In-Reply-To: <35114F20.762A@wln.com>
References: <3.0.3.32.19980317084454.00f27954@130.118.4.2>

On 3/19/98, Philip Coombs <pcoombs@wln.com> wrote:
>
>[...]
> Will the registry operate purely at the term-to-term (semantic)
> relationship level or will assigned Use numbers play a role? Will
> schema mapping be dependent upon translation of terms or
> interconnectivity through universal Use numbers such as #4 for "Title"?

The Basic Semantic Registry does assign a number to each registered
semantic unit, and these can be displayed as an "inheritance chain"
(my term). Apparently there is some sophisticated object modelling
behind this approach, though that's an area I'm not really qualified
to evaluate. Has anyone on this list looked into that aspect of the
BSR and ISO 11179?
   

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