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Notation

The axioms below use the following symbols:

Variables: T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

Meta-ontological predicates: frame, concept, instance, slot, and ancestor. Frame, concept, and instance are one-place predicates; ancestor is a two place predicate, indicating whether the second argument is an ancestor of the first. Slot is a 4-place predicate, its argument being the concept, the slot, the facet, and the filler.

Other predicates: =, subset-of, string, literal, and scalar. The predicate is to be read as ``belongs to'' and indicates membership in a set. String, literal, and scalar are one-place predicates indicating whether a constant is a string, a scalar (i.e., a number or a range of numbers), or a literal symbol. Subset-of is used in a generic sense and includes the relationship between a scalar range and its subranges.

Logical symbols: and

Constants from the ontology: ALL, OBJECT, EVENT, PROPERTY, RELATION, ATTRIBUTE, LITERAL-ATTRIBUTE, SCALAR-ATTRIBUTE, IS-A, INSTANCE-OF, SUBCLASSES, INSTANCES, DEFINITION, TIME-STAMP, DOMAIN, RANGE, INVERSE, *NOTHING*, VALUE, SEM, and DEFAULT.



Kavi Mahesh
Thu Nov 9 17:11:24 MST 1995