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# May/13/2003

Exploring a concept-hierarchy

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

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