Generic Ontology Design Patterns: Qualitatively Graded Configuration

Chapter 2. Generic Ontology Design Patterns: Roles and Change Over Time1

“…[21]. How it can be turned into a structured GODP is described in [22] in some detail, comparing the ODP approach of subsumption (inheritance) to the GODP approach of parameterisation.…”

“…In [21], the object properties involved in the role pattern are axiomatised with an explicit domain, while the range (implicitly) is Thing. In [22], we generalise this to an arbitrary domain and range; the original pattern can be obtained by instantiating the range with Thing. In this chapter, we choose a different generalisation, namely we use scoped domains and ranges; again, the original pattern can be obtained by instantiating the scoped range with Thing.…”

Extensions of Generic DOL for Generic Ontology Design Patterns

“…In [2] we introduced a pattern for graded relations with a grade domain with 4 values and stated that analogous patterns must be provided for each number of values. The main idea of the pattern [10] is to introduce a qualitative metric, arbitrarily fine and usually represented as an ordered set, for an object property. Typical examples include the significance of an ingredient in a recipe, or how much a person is affected by an impairment.…”

“…Typical examples include the significance of an ingredient in a recipe, or how much a person is affected by an impairment. Instead of using reification for the ternary relation thus obtained, the solution proposed in [10] is to encode the grading with a sheaf of relations, one for each grade. The intended meaning is that hasTarget(?s,?t,Val) ≡ hasTarget _ Val(?s,?t)…”

“…Further examples of GODPs formulated in Generic DOL can be found in [3], in particular a role pattern from the literature, reformulated in a modular and reusable way. [3] also gives more motivation and describes the advantages of Generic ODPs over "classical" ODPs, i.e. of parameterization over subsumption (parametric polymorphism over subtype polymorphism, resp.).…”