# KEHOME/knowledge/theory/KRdesign/explore.html # Oct/27/2002 #===============================# # Exploring a concept-hierarchy # #===============================# # 1. find a concept #------------------# do find od *name* done # search by name ("*" wildcard) ? has attr # search by attribute ? do act done # search by action ? isin rel # search by relation # 2. change concept #------------------# set . = $ # set "." to the concept found # 3. explore details #-------------------# $. is ? # definition $. has ? # attributes (intension) $. do ? # actions $. isa* ? # wider concepts $. ise* ? # referents (extension) set .. = next # step through genus of concept set ... = next # step through species|unit of concept $. isa**1 ?; $Question ise**1 ? # siblings $. isa**2 ?; $Question ise**2 ? # cousins # 4. calculate attribute #-----------------------# do measure od $. with newattr done # new attribute (conceptual scaling) # 5. differentiate concept #-------------------------# do isd od $. with newattr # new concept-hierarchy (concept-formation)

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