Re: Interpretation of Relations

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:24:25 GMT
Message-ID: <JT1sh.703849$5R2.657297@pd7urf3no>

Joe Thurbon wrote:
> Tonkuma wrote:
>

>> Joe Thurbon wrote:
>>
>>> indicates that I don't know the colour of Joe's hair. It really means
>>>
>>> NOT Joes hair is Red
>>> NOT Joes hair is Blond
>>>
>>> Is this right? If so, it leads me to a question about modelling missing
>>> information. (And a lot of other questions, too). If not, is there a
>>> simple thing that I've missed?
>>>
>> If you really don't know the colour of Joe's hair. Joe's
>> hair color may be Red, Blond, Brown, White, Black, etc.
>> There are many possibilities including Red or Blond. You can't say
>> definitly "NOT Joes hair is Red" and/or "NOT Joes hair is Blond".
>>

>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I think my original post was unclear in stating my problem, since this
> is the second reply which talks about my impoverished domain.
> ...

Not impoverished, rather unnecessary! For this purpose the only domain you need is hair colour.

p Received on Fri Jan 19 2007 - 05:24:25 CST