Re: Specifying all biz rules in relational data
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:33:50 -0600
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mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> writes:
> It looks like taxonomy is closely associated with hierarchies. Not
> really a problem, is it?
mesh 2004 intro
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/introduction2004.html
umls:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/
umls overview
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/about_umls.html
medical subject heading for cataloging (effectively
a form of classification)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/catpractices2004.html
using a hierarchical view paradigm .... the organization can seem to have specific subject belonging to multiple hierarchies simultaneously, there are also mesh connections that aren't hierarchical.
this definition
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Taxonomy
conjectures that is how the human mind organizes knowledge .... so possibly hierarchical reflects how the mind works ... even when the actual organization isn't that way.
another reference: taxonomies, categorization, classification, categories, and directories for searching: http://www.searchtools.com/info/classifiers.html
this raises a classification/cateloging issue when there is
inter-species breeding
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_2.htm
and references:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/2/l_052_02.html
-- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/Received on Sun Sep 19 2004 - 22:33:50 CEST