Semantic Representation Information
The Representation Information that further describes the meaning of the Data Object, and its parts or elements, beyond that provided by the Structure Representation Information.
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The Representation Information that further describes the meaning of the Data Object, and its parts or elements, beyond that provided by the Structure Representation Information.
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There are many ways to provide Semantic RepInfo including:
a text document which provides a human interpretable definition of the elements, for example a specific version of the ;
a formal dictionary in an XML format, for example the and many other examples in ;
a formal dictionary in another format;
ontologies defining properties of and relationships between terms.
Such Semantic Representation Information may be used, for example, to define the units and means of columns in a spreadsheet, which are necessary for the data in that spreadsheet to be used in a way which makes sense i.e. one does not accidentally add apples to oranges.
text editors such as notepad.exe (MS Windows) or vi (GNU/Linux), ideally adopting some appropriate format;
ontology tools such as Protege (see for others)