Nick, Your diagram is very helpful -- much clearer than the version I use for Powerpoint presentations etc. (IsA hierarchy screen-captured from SIS and stitched by hand in Photoshop, attached).
I strongly believe we should provide a graphical representation of (at least) the IsA hierarchy on our website, and additional graphical representatations showing other properties would also be very helpful. Cheers, T. ====================================================================== Tony Gill ArtSTOR Director of Metadata, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 140 East 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA t1 (direct): +1 (646) 274-2265, t2: +1 (212) 838-8400 w: http://www.artstor.org, f: +1 (212) 223-2778 > -----Original Message----- > From: Crofts Nicholas (DAEL) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 6:31 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Cc: 'martin' > Subject: RE: [crm-sig] CIDOC CRM poster? > > > Dear all, > > The attached file is a Word document containing a single > image. This is a > vector image of the CRM version 3.2 showing all the classes > (entities) but > omitting attributes (property links.) The colouring has no semantic > significance other than to highlight the different levels of depth. > > The document is configured for A3 paper by default. This > would need to be > changed according to local print stock. The image itself can > be resized > easily in word by clicking on it once, to reveal the drag > points, and by > pulling on one of the corners. NB pulling a drag points on > the side of the > image will deform it. > > Printed out at A3 size, the text labels of the entities > remains readable. I > often make the point in presentations that inspite of itsapparent > complexity, the entire CRM model can be represented on a > single A3 sheet > without requiring a maginifying glass (though I admit I do > need to wear > reading glasses!) > > I prepared this graphic for my own use using a standard CASE tool. If > members of the SIG find it useful it could be updated to > reflect the current > state of the model and improved in various ways to enhance > its use as a tool > for communication. > > An alternative to this "poster" approach is to use a high level > representation which omits all the classes beneath a certain > depth. I have > found this quite useful as way of explaining the basic > concepts without > "frightening the horses". > > Best wishes > > Nick Crofts > > P.S I believe some members of the SIG have considered > transforming this > graphic into a "mobile" - as an ontology training tool for > the very young. I > don't know how much progress has been made in this direction. ;-) > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : martin [mailto:[email protected]] > Envoye : mercredi, 12. fevrier 2003 10:44 > A : [email protected] > Objet : [crm-sig] CIDOC CRM poster? > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > From: [email protected] > Posted-Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 01:29:00 +0200 (EET) > Received-Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 01:29:00 +0200 (EET) > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:28:55 +0100 > To: [email protected] > Subject: CIDOC CRM poster? > > Dear list members, > > I am just trying to understand the CIDOC CRM. As I am a > little familiar > with ontologies the concept is not difficult but it is just the number > of entities and relations that is a problem. Especially if you want to > explain the structure to other people concept maps are a must. > > There are some diagrams of parts of the CRM in several papers (for > instance at the slides in the "Tutorial" section of the new homepage) > that are very helpful, but i have not found a comprehensive graphic > of all the entities and relations. A poster (propably DIN A1 size) > would be *very* useful to understand, adapt and talk about the CRM! > > 62 Entities and 107 Properties are quite much (necessary, i suppose!) > but they should fit on a square meter of paper. If they do not, how > can they fit in one's mind! > > So is there such a poster overview? > > thanks a lot, > Jakob Vo? > > > > >
