CollectBinaryToNary

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             c
 
             c
 
           /
 
           /
   (a -- b) -- d      ==>    a -- c -- d -- f  ,  [b]
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   (a -- b) -- d      ==>    a - c - d - f  ,  [b]
 
           \
 
           \
 
             f
 
             f
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             c
 
             c
 
           /
 
           /
   (a) -- b -- d      ==>    a -- c -- d -- f  ,  [b]
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   (a) -- b -- d      ==>    a - c - d - f  ,  [b]
 
           \
 
           \
 
             f
 
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   [x] = topic x is removed
 
   [x] = topic x is removed
 
   (x) = topic x is in context
 
   (x) = topic x is in context
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  x -- y = binary association between x and y
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  x - y - z - k = 4-ary association between x, y, z, and k
 
   (x -- y) = association is in context
 
   (x -- y) = association is in context
  

Revision as of 12:46, 3 March 2007

Lets assume you have imported RDF to Wandora. RDF supports only binary relations. However RDF allows you to pack multiple binary relations into a single entity that resembles n-ary association of topic maps. The trick is to use an intermediator between. BinaryAssociationTopicBreaker tool breaks n binary associations into a single n-association. Number of association topics is reduced by one as the intermediator is not necessary any more. Examples:

           c
          /
  (a -- b) -- d      ==>     a - c - d - f   ,   [b]
          \
           f


           c
          /
  (a) -- b -- d      ==>     a - c - d - f   ,   [b]
          \
           f

  x  = topic
 [x] = topic x is removed
 (x) = topic x is in context
  x -- y = binary association between x and y
  x - y - z - k = 4-ary association between x, y, z, and k
 (x -- y) = association is in context

The tool is very useful to clean up not only RDF triplets but also CIDOC CRM data.

GUI name

  • Break binary association topics

Tool Class

com.gripstudios.applications.wandora.admin.tools.associations.BinaryAssociationTopicBreaker

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