Ontology
This is where the prototype has got to… but the important thing is that the ontology is fluid and can evolve in any direction… so we can create any noun or verb we like in order to introduce new ideas.
More info on this to come, of course…
Span Types
| Span Type | Description |
|---|---|
| person | A person or individual |
| organisation | An organisation or institution |
| place | A physical location or place |
| event | A thing that happened |
| thing | A human-made item |
| band | A musical group |
| set | A collection of spans and connections |
| connection | A “verb” connection between “nouns” |
| role | A job position or similar |
Connections
| Type | Subject | Object | Forward Predicate | Inverse Predicate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| family | person | person | related to | related to |
| relationship | person | person | has relationship with | has relationship with |
| friend | person | person | is friend of | is friend of |
| employment | person | organisation | worked at | employed |
| education | person | organisation | studied at | educated |
| membership | person | organisation | member of | has member |
| membership | person | band | member of | has member |
| residence | person | place | lived in | was home to |
| travel | person | place | traveled to | was visited by |
| ownership | person | thing | owned | was owned by |
| participation | person | event | participated in | had participant |
| has_role | person | role | has role | held by |
| has_set | person | set | has set | set of |
| created | person | thing | created | created by |
| participation | organisation | event | participated in | had participant |
| located | organisation | place | located in | location of |
| located | place | place | located in | location of |
| located | event | place | located in | location of |
| contains | thing | thing | contains | contained in |
| at_organisation | connection | organisation | at | hosted role |
| during | connection | connection | during | includes |