Re: [Mak-developer] Call for Requests- Knowledge Association Layers

[Jared R. <ja...@wo...>]

[Citation date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 07:28:20 -0500]

>>>>> Frank == Frank V Castellucci <fr...@co...>

    Frank> Is the "dimensional" view aspect akin to an orthogonal view
    Frank> based on the "attribute" space?

Hmmm, somewhat, except that (to my knowledge in current
implementations) dimensions are not automatically constructed, so
any "attribute space" would need to be constructed manually, and
there's no requirement that the results be structured in the same
manner as would a slice through attribute space.

    Frank> concept Foo
    Frank>      attribute A string; attribute B string;

    Frank> I can view it in terms of 'A' or 'B'?

You could construct dimensions which model this.  You could also have
a dimension 'C' which matches none of the real attributes.

    Frank> or is it more

    Frank> concept Foo;

    Frank> concept Bar
    Frank>      attribute HasFoo Foo;

    Frank> and view it in terms of HasFoo?

This latter structure is closer to the "tag/keyword" structure that I
outlined as an another alternative to hierarchical structure.  I find
this structure easier to implement and use than full-on dimensions.

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