Issue 13851: Definition of Is-Property-Of Fact Type (sbvr-rtf) Source: Business Rule Solutions, LLC (Mr. Ron Ross, rross(at)brsolutions.com) Nature: Revision Severity: Significant Summary: The definition of is-property-of fact type is based on the notion of ‘essential quality’. Use of the word ‘essential’ is misleading since ISO and therefore SBVR talks about ‘essential characteristic’ in quite a different sense. The three Dictionary Bases are poorly chosen (probably because they were chosen before the ISO notion of characteristic was introduced into SBVR). In any event, the current definition of is-property-of fact type does not accurately express the intended meaning of the concept. Resolution: 1. Change the definition of "Is-Property-Of" fact type to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a given concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the concept has a particular quality or trait 2. A better Dictionary Basis should replace the existing ones. Use the following definition from MWUD: 1 a : a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing; Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: April 2, 2009: received issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== m: webmaster@omg.org Date: 02 Apr 2009 10:22:54 -0500 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ronald G. Ross Company: Business Rule Solutions, LLC mailFrom: rross@BRSolutions.com Notification: Yes Specification: Definition of Is-Property-Of Fact Type Section: 11.1.5 FormalNumber: SBVR Version: 1.0 RevisionDate: 2008-01-02 Page: 144 Nature: Revision Severity: Significant HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Comcast Install 1.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description The definition of is-property-of fact type is based on the notion of .essential quality.. Use of the word .essential. is misleading since ISO and therefore SBVR talks about .essential characteristic. in quite a different sense. The three Dictionary Bases are poorly chosen (probably because they were chosen before the ISO notion of characteristic was introduced into SBVR). In any event, the current definition of is-property-of fact type does not accurately express the intended meaning of the concept. Resolution: 1. Change the definition of "Is-Property-Of" fact type to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a given concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the concept has a particular quality or trait 2. A better Dictionary Basis should replace the existing ones. Use the following definition from MWUD: 1 a : a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing; X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:20:57 -0500 To: sbvr-rtf@omg.org From: "Ronald G. Ross" Subject: Re: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue All, As I understand it, the resolution we've agreed upon in today's meeting for this issue is the following. Please verify. 1. Definition. Change the existing definition to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a subject concept and another concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the other concept constitutes a quality or trait of an instance of the subject concept 2. New dictionary basis: - Delete all three existing basis definitions. - Substitute a new basis definition: a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing [MWUD: "property" 1a] 3. Examples: - Change the existing example to: The fact type .car model has engine size.. - Add a new example: The fact type 'person has name'. Ron At 02:48 PM 4/2/2009, Juergen Boldt wrote: From: webmaster@omg.org Date: 02 Apr 2009 10:22:54 -0500 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ronald G. Ross Company: Business Rule Solutions, LLC mailFrom: rross@BRSolutions.com Notification: Yes Specification: Definition of Is-Property-Of Fact Type Section: 11.1.5 FormalNumber: SBVR Version: 1.0 RevisionDate: 2008-01-02 Page: 144 Nature: Revision Severity: Significant HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Comcast Install 1.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description The definition of is-property-of fact type is based on the notion of .essential quality.. Use of the word .essential. is misleading since ISO and therefore SBVR talks about .essential characteristic. in quite a different sense. The three Dictionary Bases are poorly chosen (probably because they were chosen before the ISO notion of characteristic was introduced into SBVR). In any event, the current definition of is-property-of fact type does not accurately express the intended meaning of the concept. Resolution: 1. Change the definition of "Is-Property-Of" fact type to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a given concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the concept has a particular quality or trait 2. A better Dictionary Basis should replace the existing ones. Use the following definition from MWUD: 1 a : a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing; Juergen Boldt Director, Member Services Object Management Group 140 Kendrick St Building A Suite 300 Needham, MA 02494 USA tel: +1 781 444 0404 x 132 fax: +1 781 444 0320 email: juergen@omg.org www.omg.org From: Don Baisley To: "Ronald G. Ross" , "sbvr-rtf@omg.org" Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:45:15 -0700 Subject: RE: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue Thread-Topic: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue Thread-Index: Acn1wgxvau6LV9l6TEeJ4z+wrMCIHAAAt8Pw Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Ron, Your 1-3 below look exactly right. Don From: Ronald G. Ross [mailto:rross@brsolutions.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:21 AM To: sbvr-rtf@omg.org Subject: Re: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue All, As I understand it, the resolution we've agreed upon in today's meeting for this issue is the following. Please verify. 1. Definition. Change the existing definition to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a subject concept and another concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the other concept constitutes a quality or trait of an instance of the subject concept 2. New dictionary basis: - Delete all three existing basis definitions. - Substitute a new basis definition: a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing [MWUD: "property" 1a] 3. Examples: - Change the existing example to: The fact type .car model has engine size.. - Add a new example: The fact type 'person has name'. Ron At 02:48 PM 4/2/2009, Juergen Boldt wrote: From: webmaster@omg.org Date: 02 Apr 2009 10:22:54 -0500 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ronald G. Ross Company: Business Rule Solutions, LLC mailFrom: rross@BRSolutions.com Notification: Yes Specification: Definition of Is-Property-Of Fact Type Section: 11.1.5 FormalNumber: SBVR Version: 1.0 RevisionDate: 2008-01-02 Page: 144 Nature: Revision Severity: Significant HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Comcast Install 1.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description The definition of is-property-of fact type is based on the notion of .essential quality.. Use of the word .essential. is misleading since ISO and therefore SBVR talks about .essential characteristic. in quite a different sense. The three Dictionary Bases are poorly chosen (probably because they were chosen before the ISO notion of characteristic was introduced into SBVR). In any event, the current definition of is-property-of fact type does not accurately express the intended meaning of the concept. Resolution: 1. Change the definition of "Is-Property-Of" fact type to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a given concept such that each instance of the fact type is an actuality that an instance of the concept has a particular quality or trait 2. A better Dictionary Basis should replace the existing ones. Use the following definition from MWUD: 1 a : a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing; Juergen Boldt Director, Member Services Object Management Group 140 Kendrick St Building A Suite 300 Needham, MA 02494 USA tel: +1 781 444 0404 x 132 fax: +1 781 444 0320 email: juergen@omg.org www.omg.org Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:10:45 -0400 From: Ed Barkmeyer Reply-To: edbark@nist.gov Organization: NIST User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) To: "Ronald G. Ross" CC: sbvr-rtf@omg.org Subject: Re: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact postmaster@mel.nist.gov for more information X-NISTMEL-MailScanner-ID: n5PJAuYC009292 X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: edbark@nist.gov X-MailScanner-Watermark: 1246561857.497@euUXu7SMyXsOlOGz3VLgPg X-Spam-Status: No Ronald G. Ross wrote: As I understand it, the resolution we've agreed upon in today's meeting for this issue is the following. Please verify. 1. Definition. Change the existing definition to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a subject concept and another concept such that each instance /of /the fact type /is /an actuality that an instance /of /the other concept constitutes a quality or trait of an instance /of /the subject concept 2. New dictionary basis: - Delete all three existing basis definitions. - Substitute a new basis definition: a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing [MWUD: "property" 1a] 3. Examples: - Change the existing example to: The fact type .car model has engine size.. - Add a new example: The fact type 'person has name'. Agree. From Don's comment I also suggested: 4. Add a Note Note: There is a strong correlation between is-property-of fact types and vocabulary entries in the attributive namespace of the subject concept (see 8.3.5). That is, an entry in an attributive namespace usually designates the role played by the other concept in an is-property-of fact type. -Ed -- Edward J. Barkmeyer Email: edbark@nist.gov National Institute of Standards & Technology Manufacturing Systems Integration Division 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8263 Tel: +1 301-975-3528 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8263 FAX: +1 301-975-4694 "The opinions expressed above do not reflect consensus of NIST, and have not been reviewed by any Government authority." X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:33:26 -0500 To: edbark@nist.gov From: "Ronald G. Ross" Subject: Re: issue 13851 -- SBVR RTF issue Cc: sbvr-rtf@omg.org All, the note was rejected and will not be part of the resolution. Ron At 02:10 PM 6/25/2009, Ed Barkmeyer wrote: Ronald G. Ross wrote: As I understand it, the resolution we've agreed upon in today's meeting for this issue is the following. Please verify. 1. Definition. Change the existing definition to: associative fact type that is defined with respect to a subject concept and another concept such that each instance /of /the fact type /is /an actuality that an instance /of /the other concept constitutes a quality or trait of an instance /of /the subject concept 2. New dictionary basis: - Delete all three existing basis definitions. - Substitute a new basis definition: a quality or trait belonging to a person or thing [MWUD: "property" 1a] 3. Examples: - Change the existing example to: The fact type 'car model has engine size'. - Add a new example: The fact type 'person has name'. Agree. From Don's comment I also suggested: 4. Add a Note Note: There is a strong correlation between is-property-of fact types and vocabulary entries in the attributive namespace of the subject concept (see 8.3.5). That is, an entry in an attributive namespace usually designates the role played by the other concept in an is-property-of fact type. -Ed -- Edward J. Barkmeyer Email: edbark@nist.gov National Institute of Standards & Technology Manufacturing Systems Integration Division 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8263 Tel: +1 301-975-3528 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8263 FAX: +1 301-975-4694 "The opinions expressed above do not reflect consensus of NIST, and have not been reviewed by any Government authority." X-Yahoo-SMTP: MhfrpU2swBDLgYiYhNQDHBu0cE4o.vu2We1FRN9o X-YMail-OSG: Msx11PMVM1kvCQ0QH.i81aPKw3d.M0DvQiMEsj1rSopBdidjnRjfnGsmbd_UK5JN2wcksjO0pcOgfJ_Crz2fQogwxExNv7n.QA2eC2juaArap1pLd6lrFgbCRKTHw2P3MNURLNzspK92mKYOY223H7gLIUhwNeRuyUaVCKilItJM5djy6ET.ZS1DVlD1yFJdnUj_GqOYWP5Y4OHkVSsPaOh5h6YEKwTIDg72yK06Io6mY0FiGEOJAqRNDUE_Bog- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:35:26 -0600 To: Donald Chapin , Cheryl Estep From: "Ronald G. Ross" Subject: SBVR Issue 13851 Resolution Cc: sbvr-rtf@omg.org Here is the Revised Text and revised diagram as agreed for this Issue (a while back). Ron