semi-formal natural language definition

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/semiFormalNaturalLanguageDefinition

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/meta/AnnotationVocabulary/

Type: Annotation Property

SubProperty Of: logic definition

Definition

logic definition that expresses a first order logic definition or common logic definition in natural language

Usage Notes

This annotation is required if an element in an IOF OWL ontology has a First Order Logic definition or in a IOF Common Logic (where the element is defined using Common Logic).

  • The intent of this annotation to provide a transition or bridge from the First Order Logic definition of a notion to the natural language definition. This definition is intended to help a user understand the intended interpretation of the notion.
  • As example using the First Order Logic definition of ‘Product’ above, a semi-formal translation of that might be:
  • Product =def. Continuant that is not a Person and not an Organization and not a Specifically Dependent Continuant and there is a Product Role that the thing has or bears.

Description Logic