SUO: Axiomatizing lower level WordNet terms
Folks,
It occurred to me that there might be significant numbers of folks on
this list who would like to contribute formal content, but who may not have
the background to tangle with extensively researched topics like temporal
or spatial representation. As Ian announced a while ago, we've done a
large number of mappings from SUMO to WordNet. Because SUMO is just an
upper level, many lower-level WordNet terms map to a very general SUMO
term. This mapping provides a framework for people who wish to create new
content. Pick a term that has a mapping to an overly general SUMO term and
try to formalize the comment for that term.
The latest WordNet mappings are available at
<http://ontology.teknowledge.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/SUO/WNinKIF.txt?rev=1.12&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup>.
For example, take the concept "food"
food-WN00011575 : "any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to
give energy and build tissue"
We've mapped that to the SUMO term of Artifact. An enterprising list
participant could try creating an axiom that formalizes the comment. This
is a nice sort of task that could largely be done one term at a time, as
people have time available. It would help people get familiar with the
ontology, as well as acting as a debugging exercise. Trying to create new
more specialized content will likely help to identify gaps or errors in the
upper level.
Any volunteers?
Adam
Adam Pease
Teknowledge
(650) 424-0500 x571