[topicmapmail] Contextualized Topic Maps.

[Murray Altheim]

[mistake on my part. sorry]

Murray Altheim wrote:
> Thomas Schwotzer wrote:
[...]
>>Furthermore, both roles can be scoped even with different scopes.
>>Thus, validity of a relation between both topics can depend
>>on two scopes not just one. There can be more than just a single
>>scope for one association.
>>
>>Am I wrong? I'm sorry, if so.
> 
> n scopes. The association, and each of the members. Associations
> are n-ary, i.e., there is no limit to the number of members in
> associations. But apart from there not being a binary limit, you're
> substantially correct.

I didn't mean to imply that the members themselves have scopes.
They don't. The association itself has one scope, but there may
be n number of topics in that scope. I then let my mind wander
into the bush.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
Knowledge Media Institute
The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK               .

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