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Re: ONT RE: Ontology case study




On 5/30/02 15:20, "Adam Pease" <apease@ks.teknowledge.com> wrote:

> 
> Chris and Chris,
> 
> At 06:36 AM 5/30/2002 -0500, Chris Menzel wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> 
> 
>>> CP> For example, as far as I can see (probably not very far) SUMO does
>>> not have a straightforward distinction between properties that are
>>> time-bound and properties that are not.
>> 
>> That may be, though I suspect Ian would argue otherwise.
> 
> No, there is no such distinction in the SUMO.  If a knowledge engineer
> wants to state that the attribution of a property to an object holds only
> for a limited time, he can wrap the attribution in a 'holdsDuring' formula.

Hey, Adam..

What are the semantics of 'holdsDuring'?  What about an unqualified atom:

  (person bill)

?