Dear all,
As part of the homework for issue 600
(https://cidoc-crm.org/Issue/ID-600-classproperty-labels-are-not-definitions)
on the role of labels of classes and properties, Erin and I drafted the
following text to be added at the end of the "Naming Conventions" section.
"The nominal groups used to identify classes and properties are also
referred to as ‘labels’. While the goal of a label may be to indicate
the meaning of the class or property in a few words, it would be
impossible to distil the nuance of the represented concept into a
sentence fragment; relying solely on the label to infer the meaning of
the class or property introduces significant potential for
misunderstanding. Therefore, these labels should instead function as
reminders of the corresponding scope notes. As the labels cannot
encapsulate the intension of classes and properties, no assumption about
the meaning of a class or property should be made from its label alone."
Happy to hear your comments and prepare a WD for Rome.
All the best,
Thanasis
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