Once again: let me reiterate:

I believe that using DefineLink for this kind of data prepresentation is an
abuse, and it will only lead to trouble and heart-ache down the road.
Please use EquivalenceLink instead.  That link type was designed and
intended for what you are trying to do here.

The DefineLink was designed for a very different use case -- its for beta
reduction and not for knowledge representation (KR). Your biology
application is a KR problem, it is NOT a beta reduction problem.  You are
trying to define a KR (knowledge representation) structure for biological
knowledge.   The EuqivalenceLink is a KR link. The defineLink is a
beta-reduction link.  Just don't use it!

--linas

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Michael Duncan <mjsdun...@gmail.com> wrote:

> hi linus, finally getting back to this knowledge representation discussion.
>
> On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 7:25:07 AM UTC+8, linas wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:29 PM, Michael Duncan <mjsd...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> thanks for the feedback, linus!  i copied the form using DefineLink and
>>> AndLink from the wiki
>>>
>>
>> Do you know where in the wiki it says this?
>>
>>
>>> because it was the closest example i could find to what i was trying to
>>> do.  i'm happy to implement pathways using your formalism.
>>>
>>
> this was my starting point (from http://wiki.opencog.org/w/DefineLink):
> ...
> Examples DefinedPredicateNode
>
> The following uses DefineLink to define a DefinedPredicateNode
> <http://wiki.opencog.org/w/DefinedPredicateNode>
>
> DefineLink
>    DefinedPredicateNode <http://wiki.opencog.org/w/DefinedPredicateNode> 
> "MyPredicate"
>    AndLink <http://wiki.opencog.org/w/AndLink>
>
> ...
> i wanted a predicate defined over an arbitrarily long list of links between 
> proteinNodes to represent a pathway that is probabilistically true based the 
> truth value of the links "anded" together.
>
> For plain-old knowledge representation, you probably should be using
>> EquivalenceLink, instead of DefineLink.  DfineLink is imperative, while
>> EquivalenceLink is declarative.
>>
>> So, for example:  when you say "A is the same as B" that is a declaration
>> that A is equivalent to B.  This is an EquivalenceLink.
>>
>> When you say "A is the name of B", and then later say "do something with
>> A" that is an imperative command to actually do something with B.  That is,
>> replace A by B immediately, and do something with B.  This an imperative
>> command,  This is the DefineLink. its a definition, kind-of-like in a
>> dictionary.
>>
>> Thus, both DefineLink and EquivalenceLink are a certain kind of equality;
>> but DefineLink is was invented to make it easier for humans to write code
>> in atomese, while EquivalenceLink was designed to be used by PLN and other
>> reasoning subsystems.  EquivelanceLink declares knowledge.  Since you are
>> not hand-crafting code in atomese, there is really no valid reason for you
>> to use DefineLink.
>>
>>
>>
>>> one thing i don't understand from your explanation is that you first say
>>> the PredicateNode can be used instead of DefinedPredicateNode but then use
>>> both in your proposed implementation.  can you elaborate further on why
>>> your proposal is optimal?
>>>
>>
>> DefinedPredicateNode is simply a hack to make it easier for the pattern
>> matcher to look up the definition.  Since you are not writing
>> pattern-matcher rules, there's no reason for you to use it.
>>
>
> well i'm using scheme code to construct an atomese representation that i
> want to use as a knowledge base for PLN queries.  in it's current toy state
> the only real function the DefinedPredicateNode is serving is a flag to
> pick out pathways since those are the only DPNs in the atomspace so i am
> using it as a hack!
>
>
>>
>> also, what are the options for scheme functions to invoke all the members
>>> of one of the resulting DefinedPredicateNodes?
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand the question. First, one cannot "invoke" an atom.
>> Second, neither PredicateNodes nor DefinedPredicateNodes have "members".
>> Finally, you should try to avoid or minimize the writing or creation of
>> "scheme functions"; you should design your data so that either PLN, or the
>> pattern matcher, or the pattern miner, or the rule engine can work with it
>> directly.  Writing new code by hand, whether in C++, scheme or python, is
>> best done to create generic data processing subsystems, instead of
>> hand-tailloring something for your particular dataset.  There are
>> exceptions to this rule, but these should be avoided.
>>
>
> so if i use your pathway contruction:
>
> MemberLink
>       DefinedPredicateNode "GO pathway term name"
>           Predicate "protein relationship 1"
>
>>                 ProteinNode "x"
>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>
>
>
>
> MemberLink
>       DefinedPredicateNode "GO pathway term name"
>
>>           Predicate "protein relationship 2"
>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>                 ProteinNode "z"
>>           ....
>>
>
> what i mean by "invoke" is just how do i access the members of the pathway
> DPN to apply them to ProteinNodes and their interaction predicates in a
> particular context?
>
>
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 1:54:16 PM UTC-7, linas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Quick comment, I did not review the Doc.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Michael Duncan <mjsd...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> the pathway links are predicates defined here
>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R_AiCCRuWKI92JUCYXJRnKeYw-MiwKLR3kr9fJyYZfs/edit>.
>>>>> the pathways are
>>>>>
>>>>> DefineLink
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I strongly urge that EquivalenceLink be used here, and not DefineLink.
>>>> DefineLink is meant for something else.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>      DefinedPredicateNode "GO pathway term name"
>>>>>
>>>> Isn't an ordinary Predicatenode enough??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>      AndLink
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Again: the anlink is completely unordered, so in this case, would be
>>>> exactly the same thing as a SetLink: its just a collection of "stuff" (a
>>>> collection of protein relationships, it seems)  Because its not ordered,
>>>> its not a "path" per se, its just a set.
>>>>
>>>> You keep saying that you use AndLink because its "true" when everything
>>>> is in it, but that is also the case for SetLink.  When I say "x and y are
>>>> in set A", that always true that x is in A and Y is in A, and you don't
>>>> need an AndLink to say this.  The SetLink is enough. The SetLink is
>>>> effectively an AndLink, from the truthiness of it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>           Predicate "protein relationship 1"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "x"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>>>>           Predicate "protein relationship 2"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "z"
>>>>>           ....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm proposing this:
>>>>
>>>> MemberLink
>>>>       DefinedPredicateNode "GO pathway term name"
>>>>           Predicate "protein relationship 1"
>>>>
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "x"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MemberLink
>>>>       DefinedPredicateNode "GO pathway term name"
>>>>
>>>>>           Predicate "protein relationship 2"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "y"
>>>>>                 ProteinNode "z"
>>>>>           ....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --linas
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 11:00:54 AM UTC-7, Michael Duncan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the AndLink semantics are for the simplified pathway representation
>>>>>> for the current demo/toy bio-atomspace which only has binary links 
>>>>>> between
>>>>>> proteins and abstracts out small molecules. so the pathway for the krebs
>>>>>> cycle for instance is just directed links between the enzymes:  ... -> 
>>>>>> isocitrate
>>>>>> dehydrogenase -> alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase -> Succinyl-CoA
>>>>>> synthetase -> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> linus semantics look good for when the complete biopax pathway
>>>>>> representation is translated into atomese.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> even then my intuition is that the AndLink semantics should be useful
>>>>>> in pln inference about say the likelihood of a pathway being involved in
>>>>>> distinguishing a case-control phenotype based on moses models of relative
>>>>>> gene expression levels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 11:31:59 AM UTC-7, Ben Goertzel wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a pathway in biology is actually a network with directed arrows and
>>>>>>> generally lots of loops.... there are even some hyperlinks e.g. for
>>>>>>> catalysis... a pathway is a subhypergraph...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2017 11:25, "Linas Vepstas" <linasv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> no clue why its appropriate for biological pathways. Mike is
>>>>>>>> designing that, not me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, a "pathway" is an ordered sequence where the ordering
>>>>>>>> matters. Neither SetLink, nor AndLink are ordered. So if you actually 
>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>> to have a path, i.e. a sequence of directed arrows, well .. you  need 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> find a representation of  biological pathways as directed arrows. But 
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> is familiar ground, for opencog...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --linas
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK I get that... but I don't see why it is appropriate for
>>>>>>>>> biological
>>>>>>>>> pathways...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:19 AM, Linas Vepstas <linasv...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > First, lets review SetLink:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >  SetLink
>>>>>>>>> >     ConceptNode "x"
>>>>>>>>> >     ConceptNode "y"
>>>>>>>>> >     ConceptNode "z"
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >  EquivalenceLink
>>>>>>>>> >     ConceptNode "last three letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >     SetLink
>>>>>>>>> >        ConceptNode "x"
>>>>>>>>> >        ConceptNode "y"
>>>>>>>>> >        ConceptNode "z"
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >  MemberLink
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "x"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last three letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "y"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last three letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "z"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last three letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Again, with TV's:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink  <1.0>
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "z"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink  <0.9>
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "w"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink  <0.8>
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "s"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >   MemberLink  <0.2>
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "m"
>>>>>>>>> >      ConceptNode "last letters of the alphabet"
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Sooo .. AndMemberLink would be just like the above, except that
>>>>>>>>> whereever
>>>>>>>>> > you see SetLink above, you would have AndLink, and wherever you
>>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>>> > MmeberLink above, you would have AndMemeberLink.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > --linas
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> I don't understand the proposed semantics of AndMemberLink,
>>>>>>>>> could you
>>>>>>>>> >> explain?
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Michael Duncan <
>>>>>>>>> mjsd...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >> > i actually think an AndLink-like semantics better fits
>>>>>>>>> biochemical
>>>>>>>>> >> > pathways
>>>>>>>>> >> > at a computationally tractable level than partitions in that
>>>>>>>>> below the
>>>>>>>>> >> > level
>>>>>>>>> >> > of a whole organism, where one pathway ends and another
>>>>>>>>> begins is
>>>>>>>>> >> > largely
>>>>>>>>> >> > arbitrary.  also,  if one link is missing then the whole
>>>>>>>>> thing doesn't
>>>>>>>>> >> > work
>>>>>>>>> >> > but the last bit of a dead end might be the start of another
>>>>>>>>> path that
>>>>>>>>> >> > goes
>>>>>>>>> >> > to the same place, more like words and phrases that can be
>>>>>>>>> rearranged
>>>>>>>>> >> > and
>>>>>>>>> >> > swapped in different ways to say the same thing.  linus idea
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> >> > AndMemberLinks and OrMemeberLinks would get around the size
>>>>>>>>> limitation
>>>>>>>>> >> > and
>>>>>>>>> >> > also seem like they would be useful for reasoning on moses
>>>>>>>>> models.
>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>> >> > On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 5:55:16 PM UTC-4, linas wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> Hi Ben, Mike,
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:41 PM, Ben Goertzel <
>>>>>>>>> b...@goertzel.org>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> Some interesting representational issues have come up in
>>>>>>>>> the context
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> of Atomspace representation of pathways, which appear to
>>>>>>>>> have more
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> general implications…
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> It seems the semantics we want for a biological pathway is
>>>>>>>>> sort of
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> like “the pathway P is a set of relationships R1, R2, …,
>>>>>>>>> R20” in kinda
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> the same sense that “the human body is a set of organs:
>>>>>>>>> brain, heart,
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> lungs, legs, etc.”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> First of all it seems what we have here is a part of
>>>>>>>>> relationship…
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> maybe
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> we want
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     ConceptNode “heart”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     ConceptNode “human-body”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> and
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     >relationship<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     >pathway<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartLink and PartOfLink have come and gone in
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> OpenCog/Novamente/Webmind history...
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> An argument that PartLink should have fundamental status
>>>>>>>>> and a
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> well-defined fuzzy truth value is given in this paper:
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> https://www.academia.edu/1016959/Fuzzy_mereology
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> However what we need for biological pathways and human
>>>>>>>>> bodies seems
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> like a bit more.   We want to say that a human body
>>>>>>>>> consists of a
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> certain set of parts... not just that each of them is a
>>>>>>>>> part...  We're
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> doing a decomposition.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> One way to do this would be
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    ConceptNode “human-body”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    ListLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>       ConceptNode “legs”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>       ConceptNode “arms”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>       ConceptNode “brain”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>       etc.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> Relatedly, we could also have
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> As mentioned earlier, there are several problems with this
>>>>>>>>> format.  One
>>>>>>>>> >> >> is
>>>>>>>>> >> >> the "oops I forgot to mention xyz in the list" or "gosh I
>>>>>>>>> should have
>>>>>>>>> >> >> left
>>>>>>>>> >> >> out pqr" and this becomes a big problem:  you have to delete
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> >> >> PartitionLink, delete the ListLink, create a new list and
>>>>>>>>> partition.
>>>>>>>>> >> >> In the
>>>>>>>>> >> >> meanwhile, some other subsystem might be holding a handle to
>>>>>>>>> the old,
>>>>>>>>> >> >> now-wrong PartitionLink, and there is no effective way of
>>>>>>>>> announcing
>>>>>>>>> >> >> "hey
>>>>>>>>> >> >> stop using that old thing, get my new thing now".
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> A second problem is that the above doesn't have anywhere to
>>>>>>>>> hang
>>>>>>>>> >> >> addtional
>>>>>>>>> >> >> data: e.g. "legs are a big part of the human body, having a
>>>>>>>>> mas of
>>>>>>>>> >> >> nearly
>>>>>>>>> >> >> half of the body." You can't just slap that on as a
>>>>>>>>> (truth)value, cause
>>>>>>>>> >> >> there's no where  to put that value.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> Third problem is that large list-links are hard to handle in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> >> >> pattern
>>>>>>>>> >> >> matcher. Its much much harder to write a query of the form
>>>>>>>>> "find me
>>>>>>>>> >> >> all
>>>>>>>>> >> >> values of $X where
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> PartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>    ConceptNode “human-body”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>    ListLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>       ConceptNode “legs”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>       VariableNode  “$X”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>       ConceptNode “brain”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> because, ... well the ListLink is an ordrerd link, not an
>>>>>>>>> unordered
>>>>>>>>> >> >> link.
>>>>>>>>> >> >> If you forget to include the pqr (added above) then the
>>>>>>>>> search will
>>>>>>>>> >> >> fail.
>>>>>>>>> >> >> You could try to use unordered links and globnodes, but
>>>>>>>>> these lead to
>>>>>>>>> >> >> other
>>>>>>>>> >> >> difficulties, including the n! possible permutations of an
>>>>>>>>> unordered
>>>>>>>>> >> >> link
>>>>>>>>> >> >> become large n-factorial large when the unordered link has n
>>>>>>>>> items in
>>>>>>>>> >> >> it.
>>>>>>>>> >> >> Recall that old factorial-70 trick used to make calculators
>>>>>>>>> overflow.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> In general, any link with more than 3 or 4 or 5 items in it
>>>>>>>>> is bad
>>>>>>>>> >> >> news.
>>>>>>>>> >> >> This is a generic statement about knowledge representation
>>>>>>>>> in opencog.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> OverlappingPartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     C
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     L
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> if we want to encompass cases where the partition elements
>>>>>>>>> in L can
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> overlap; or
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> CoveringLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     C
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     L
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> if we want to encompass cases where the partition elements
>>>>>>>>> in L can
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> overlap, AND the elements in L may encompass some stuff
>>>>>>>>> that’s not in
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> C
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> For the pathway case, we could then say
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     ConceptNode “Krebs cycle”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     ListLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>         >relationship 1<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>         >relationship 2<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>         etc.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> Now this solves the semantics problem but doesn’t solve the
>>>>>>>>> problem of
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> having a long ListLink….  A biological pathway might have
>>>>>>>>> 100s or
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> 1000s of relationships in it, and we don't usually want to
>>>>>>>>> make lists
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> that big in the Atomspace...
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> To solve this we could do something like (for the human
>>>>>>>>> body case)
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    ConceptNode “human-body”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    PartitionNode “body-partition-1”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionElementLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    PartitionNode “body-partition-1"
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    ConceptNode “legs”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionElementLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    PartitionNode “body-partition-1"
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>    ConceptNode “arms”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> etc.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> and similarly (for the biological pathway case)
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     ConceptNode “Krebs cycle”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     PartitionNode “krebs-partition-1”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionElementLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     PartitionNode “krebs-partition-1"
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     >relationship 1<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> PartitionElementLink
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     PartitionNode “krebs-partition-1”
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>     >relationship 2<
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> Yeah, sure. Not sure why the existing MemberLink is not
>>>>>>>>> sufficient for
>>>>>>>>> >> >> your purposes. The MemberLink has reasonably-well-defined
>>>>>>>>> semantics,
>>>>>>>>> >> >> there
>>>>>>>>> >> >> are already rules for handling it in PLN (or there will be
>>>>>>>>> rules -- I
>>>>>>>>> >> >> think
>>>>>>>>> >> >> its something Nil has thought about)   I'm not clear on why
>>>>>>>>> you'd want
>>>>>>>>> >> >> to
>>>>>>>>> >> >> invent something that is just like MemberLink but is
>>>>>>>>> different.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> ...
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> There could be some nice truth value math regarding these,
>>>>>>>>> e.g. we
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> could introduce Ellerman's "logical entropy" which is
>>>>>>>>> really a
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> partition entropy.   There are also connections with some
>>>>>>>>> recent
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> theoretical work I've been doing on "graphtropy" (using
>>>>>>>>> "distinction
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> graphs" that generalize partitions), which I'll post a
>>>>>>>>> paper on
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> sometime in the next week or two....   But that will be
>>>>>>>>> another email
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> for another day...
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> Yeah graphical-entropy is something that I keep trying to
>>>>>>>>> work on,
>>>>>>>>> >> >> except
>>>>>>>>> >> >> that every new urgent disaster of the day distracts me from
>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>> >> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> >> --linas
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >> >>> -- Ben
>>>>>>>>> >> >>>
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>>>>>>>>> >> http://goertzel.org
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> "I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I
>>>>>>>>> am the
>>>>>>>>> >> boundary, I am the peak." -- Alexander Scriabin
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> Ben Goertzel, PhD
>>>>>>>>> http://goertzel.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I am
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> boundary, I am the peak." -- Alexander Scriabin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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