km#following_of_an_ontological_principle
  subtype:  following_of_a_principle_of_the_Ontoclean_methodology
  supertype:  re-use_of_a_top_level_or_large_ontology
     supertype:  knowledge_normalization  representing knowledge in a precise, organized and scalable manner; this implies reducing the number of non-automatically comparable ways information is or can be written, and increasing the number of relations between objects (especially common/important relations such as generalization relations, partOf relations and case relations)
        supertype:  knowledge_representation__knowledgerepresentation__representing_knowledge__KR__knowledge_modelling  representing information in a more or less formal way
           supertype:  representing_information_in_a_formal_or_semi_formal_way
              supertype:  information_normalization__informationnormalization
                 supertype:  information_structuring  increasing the number of relations between objects
                    supertype:  information_indexation__informationindexation
                       supertype:  IR_task__information_indexation_or_search__information_retrieval__informationretrieval__IR
                          supertype:  information_sciences_task__information_management_task__information_management__informationmanagement  may be "_subtask" would be more appropriate than "_task" here and in the subtypes
                             supertype:  cognitive_process__cognitiveproces__process__proces__cognitive_operation__cognitiveoperation__act  the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering"
                                supertype:  process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                                   supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                                      supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                                   supertype:  process_or_process_description
                                      supertype:  processing_thing
                                         supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                                            supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                                supertype:  process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                                   supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                                   supertype:  process_or_process_description
                                   supertype:  physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                                      supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                 supertype:  information_explicitation
                    supertype:  information_precising__informationprecising
                       supertype:  information_indexation__informationindexation
              supertype:  information_explicitation
           supertype:  KM_task  a K.M. (sub)task
              supertype:  information_sciences_task__information_management_task__information_management__informationmanagement  may be "_subtask" would be more appropriate than "_task" here and in the subtypes
           supertype:  information_presentation__informationpresentation
              supertype:  IR_task__information_indexation_or_search__information_retrieval__informationretrieval__IR
  supertype:  following_of_a_knowledge_organization_principle  Structural and ontological normalization involves following rules such as "when introducing an object into an ontology, relate it to all its already represented direct generalizations, specializations, components and containers", "use subtypeOf relations instead of or in addition to instanceOf relations when both cases are possible", "avoid the use of non binary relations" and "do not represent processes via relations"
     supertype:  knowledge_normalization  representing knowledge in a precise, organized and scalable manner; this implies reducing the number of non-automatically comparable ways information is or can be written, and increasing the number of relations between objects (especially common/important relations such as generalization relations, partOf relations and case relations)

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