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[Norman Gray]

Doug, hello.

On 2007 Sep 15, at 03:55, Doug Tody wrote:

> But when we
> search for data for analysis we might be interested in all "Galaxy"
> type objects.  If this is what is meant by broader/narrower type
> relationships, then it is a requirement for this to be useful.

It is.  The broader/narrower relation in SKOS and similar contexts is  
specifically related to retrieval, with the relationship between the  
thus-annotated terms being that any item retrieved via the narrower  
term _should_ (as I understand it, this is not as strong as _must_)  
be one of the items retrieved via the broader term.

Thus 'bank' is a broader term than 'bank account', even though it is  
obviously not the case that a 'bank account' is a more specific type  
of 'bank' -- this is not the logical subClassOf relationship, and I  
think it's not even necessarily a partOf relationship.

We can be collectively reassured, therefore, that using SKOS would  
not deprive us of things to argue about.

Best wishes,

Norman


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