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KR Meeting Jan 06 Notes

Difference between version 5 and version 4:

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- !! Observation Ontology
+ !! Observation Ontology
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- *__Entity__: Something that can have a characteristic.
+ *__Entity__: Something that has one or more characteristics (traits).
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- *__Trait__: The (occurrence of a) characteristic of an entity, but not itself an entity. In the context of the observation ontology, a trait denotes the feature that is being measured or recorded. A trait is synonymous with characteristic, property, feature, etc.
+ *__Trait__: The occurrence of a characteristic of an entity. In the context of the observation ontology, a trait denotes the feature that is being measured or recorded. A trait emerges as the result of a comparison with a comparable standard. is a quantifiable expression of an entity. A trait is measured by comparison with an existing standard.
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+ *__Measurement__:
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+ *__Unit__: A unit of measure is a constant quantity that serves as a standard of measurement for some dimension
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