part-whole semantic relationship

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Part-Whole relationships. Part(s) describing surronding Whole.

The idea is to develop kind of data structure, with parts nested compounding a whole, and the inner parts of the structure knows, in reverse order, the containing tree of elements or structure around it.

1: Definitions:

1. superPart: Part containing one or more parts.
2. part: Inside a superPart. Can contain subParts.
3. subPart: Inner unit inside a part.
4. NID: Nesting level ID (deep level entities are in a nested/tree structure)

   XML Example:

      <superPart NID="0">
        <part NID="1">
          <subPart NID="2">
        </part> <!-- end NID 1 -->
      </superPart> <!-- end NID 0 -->
   

5. SeqID: Sequence ID (symbol sequencing and identification)

   Symbols sequencing and identification begins with first occurrence of a symbol in a structure, begining with 0, next symbol is tagged with 1. If next symbol appeared before, then the tag used before to identify it is used.

6. OccID: Occurrence ID

   Times element appeared in a sequence. First time same element occurs is 0, then 1, etc.

7. CID: Count ID (0, 1, 2, ...)

   Sequential count, begining with 0, of elements in determinate context (Nesting level, Sequence, etc.)

8. MvtID: Movement ID

   Signals start (S), inside (I), outside (O) or end (E) movement in a statement chain.

2. Example:

• Linear Form:

        ( superPart ( part ( ( superPart ) ( subPart ( part ( superPart ) ) ) ) )

NID:         0         1           2            2        3        4

SeqID:       0         1           0            2        1        0

OccID:       0         0           1            0        1        2

CID:         0         1           2            3        4        5

MvtID:       S         I           O            I        O        E

• XML Example:

<superPart NID="0">
  <part NID="1">
    <superPart NID="2"/>
    <subPart NID="2">
      <part NID="3">
        </superPart NID="4">
      </part>
    </subPart>
  </part>
</superPart>

• Another Example:

        ( head ( face ( ( head ) ( eyes ( face ( head ) ) ) ) )

NID:        0      1        2        2      3      4

SeqID:      0      1        0        2      1      0

OccID:      0      0        1        0      1      2

CID:        0      1        2        3      4      5

MvtID:      S      I        O        I      O      E

3. Composite IDs:

Combining CID, NID, SeqID and OccID, other IDs for easier retrieval of elements in statement can be achieved.

For example: NID + OccID = CID (Count of elements inside a specific nesting level)

        ( head ( face ( ( head ) ( eyes ( face ( head ) ) ) ) )

NID:        0      1        2        2      3      4

SeqID:      0      1        0        2      1      0

OccID:      0      0        1        0      1      2

CID:        0      1        2        3      4      5

OrderID:  (0.0)  (1.0)    (2.0)    (2.1)  (3.0)  (4.0)

4. Terms (Parts) Relationships and Roles:

In specific context of container part, another part plays a role or function in the context of container part. This is the semantics of the containment relationship, for example: John, inside a specific Team, is a player, more specificaly, a goalkeeper.

Parsing Example:

[previousElement]:[role/type] => [actualElement]:[role/type] => [nextElement]:[role/type]

5. Measurement units:

superUnit (eg.: Kilometer)
unit (eg.: Meter)
subUnit (eg.: Centimeter)

Ratio:

superUnit (1) => unit (1/n) => subUnit (1/n : n)

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