Jonathan Vajda

Data sets, Data collections, Data aggregates - what is the proper BFO branch?

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I am trying to sort out what a collection of information entities is. If someone says, "I have a dataset", I want to translate that into either the Information Bearing...

Avoid (Ontological) Weasel Words in Definitions (unnecessary phrases or clauses that merely suggest a boundary)

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I had conversation with the CUBRC team offline, but I was told to make this request public. Definitions should avoid examples and intentionally vague language. This isn't an inviolable rule,...

Class request: work shift

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There is a wide range of use cases where employee activities are described with respect to their work shift, and this assists with coordinating resources and locating entities (such as...

Class request: vehicle identification number

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There is a wide range of use cases where vehicles are described with respect to their vehicle identification number (VIN), and this assists with entity resolution. This seems useful for...

adding relation 'instrument in', vs adjusting 'accomplice in'?

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I am looking for a relation for instrumental objects of a process (roughly corresponds to the dative case of means), that is more specific than mere participates_in. If I make...

Request: 'odometer', 'mileage', and-or related entities with a recommended design pattern

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Use cases: - a fleet of vehicles have been used at various levels, and the primary way of tracking use has been following mileage for each vehicle, and reporting daily...

Class request: vehicle license plate, license plate number, and-or related entities

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There is a wide range of use cases where vehicles are described with respect to their vehicle plate (and the number), and this assists with entity resolution. This seems useful...

References to 'Military Force' in some definitions should be 'Military Personnel Force' (curated in EventOntology)

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In the Event Ontology, the following terms refer to a _Military Force_, but there is no such term precisely: - cco:ActofMilitaryForce def:"An Intentional Act of employing a Military Force to...

It seems false that every GeographicFeature must be a natural. There can be human-made hills, canyons, rivers, etc. If so, the GeographicFeature should not require all instances to be natural...