Catalogue:TestPattern/expresses

From Odp

expresses has Category:OntologyElement and is an element of TestPattern

Name: expresses

Type: owl:ObjectProperty

Description: A relation between an Expression and a Meaning. For example: 'A Beehive is a structure in which bees are kept, typically in the form of a dome or box.' (Oxford dictionary)'; 'the term Beehive expresses the concept Beehive in my apiculture ontology'.

The intuition for 'meaning' is intended to be very broad. A separate, large comment is included for those who want to investigate more on what kind of meaning can be represented in what form.

This is a large comment field for those who want to investigate the different uses of the 'expresses' relation for modeling different approaches to meaning characterization and modeling.

For example, in all these cases, some aspect of meaning is involved:

- Beehive means "a structure in which bees are kept, typically in the form of a dome or box." (Oxford dictionary)

- 'Beehive' is a synonym in noun synset 09218159 "beehive