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Reification Obsidian::H&SS ontology
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Overview

Reification refers to the process by which an abstract idea is made concrete. For example, in the context of rdf, it refers to writing RDF statements about RDF statements.

%%ANKI Basic What is reification? Back: The process by which an abstract idea is made concrete. Reference: “Reification (Knowledge Representation),” in Wikipedia, October 3, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reification_(knowledge_representation).

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%%ANKI Basic In the context of RDF, what does reification typically refer to? Back: Creating RDF statements about RDF statements. Reference: “Reification (Knowledge Representation),” in Wikipedia, October 3, 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reification_(knowledge_representation).

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%%ANKI Basic In the context of RDF, what abstract notion is typically reified? Back: RDF statements. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What term describes making an abstract concept concrete? Back: Reification. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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This kind of metadata about statements often take the forms of:

  • Provenance. Information about the source of a statement.
  • Likelihood. Information quantifying some probability regarding the statement.
  • Context. Information about a setting in which a statement holds.
  • Time frame. Information that holds within a particular period of time.

%%ANKI Basic What might reifying a statement with respect to its provenance refer to? Back: Information about the source of the statement. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What "form" of reification does the following sentence take on? \text{Wikipedia says Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.} Back: Provenance. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What might reifying a statement with respect to its likelihood refer to? Back: Information quantifying some probability of the statement holding. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What "form" of reification does the following sentence take on? \text{It is 90% probable that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.} Back: Likelihood. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What might reifying a statement with respect to its context refer to? Back: Information about a setting in which the statement holds. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What "form" of reification does the following sentence take on? \text{Kenneth Branagh played Hamlet in the movie.} Back: Context. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What might reifying a statement with respect to its time frame refer to? Back: Information about a period of time in which the statement holds. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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%%ANKI Basic What "form" of reification does the following sentence take on? \text{Hamlet plays on Broadway Jan. 11th through Mar. 12th.} Back: Time frame. Reference: Allemang, Dean, James A. Hendler, and Fabien L. Gandon. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist. 3e ed. ACM Books 33. New York: Association for computing machinery, 2020.

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