is_about is a (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.

A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.

person:Alan Ruttenberg

This document is about information artifacts and their representations

7/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg. Following discussion with Jonathan Rees, and introduction of "mentions" relation. Weaken the is_about relationship to be primitive. We will try to build it back up by elaborating the various subproperties that are more precisely defined. Some currently missing phenomena that should be considered "about" are predications - "The only person who knows the answer is sitting beside me" , Allegory, Satire, and other literary forms that can be topical without explicitly mentioning the topic.

Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy

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