Re: Vocab AND Ontology?

From: Frederic V. Hessman <Hessman-at-Astro.physik.Uni-Goettingen.DE>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:01:16 +0200


I forgot to mention: the toy math vocabulary covers most of Ed's remaining list:

> Geometric Quantities: (separate namespace?)
> projections (ie mercator etc)
> region
> area

Area
> circle

Circle
> greate circle

Great_Circle
> boundary
> conic section

Conic_Section
> spheroid

Spheroid
> sphere

Sphere
> oblate spheroid

Oblate_Spheroid
> prolate spheroid

Prolate_Spheroid
> parabola

Parabola
> hyperbola

Hyperbola
> square

Square
> radius

Radius_of_a_Circle_or_Sphere
> diameter

Diameter
>
> General Unit Dimensions: (separate namespace?)
> height

Height
> width

Width
> length

Length
> area

Area
> volume

Volume
> mass density

As you can tell from some of the names, this isn't the official international mathematical vocabulary, which doesn't seem to exist in this form. There are, however, monster library classification schemes listed at the AMS site which will send shivers down your neck:

        http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-classifications.html

Rick



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