OWL Description of Linguistic Content of Chinese Characters

Chu-Ren HuangAugust 14, 2007

ISO TC37 SC4 Meeting, Provo, Utah

Background

• Extracted from Ya-Min Chou’s 2005 Dissertation

• Consulted and generally compatible to GOLD: General Ontology for Linguistic Description

OWL Model for Chinese Character (Kanji) Forms

xsd:string SemanticSymbol

Class

Glyph

Classhas

PhoneticSymbol

ObjectProperty

domainrange

hasSemanticSymbol

ObjectPropertyrange

domain

LiuShu

Class

principleOfFormation

ObjectProperty

domain

hasRadical

ObjectProperty

Sense

Class

hasSense

ObjectPropertydomain

range

Variant

Class

hasVariant

ObjectProperty

range

domain

domain

domain

range

hasGlyphExpression

InverseFunctionalProperty

hasDerivedGlyph

ObjectProperty

domain

range

domain

range

PhoneticSymbol

Class

Script

Class

BronzeScript

Class

KaishuScript

Class

subClassOfsubClassOf

GreaterSealScript

Class

LesserSealScript

Class

OracleBoneScript

ClasssubClassOf

subClassOf subClassOf

isScript

ObjectProperty

hasAncientGlyph

TransitiveProperty

domain

domaindomain

rangerange

isInversOf

range

isAncientGlyphOf

TransitiveProperty

range

Description of Character Variants

if hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gi, 說 ) and hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gi, 説 ) then 說＝説

if hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gj, 研 ) and hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gj, 硏 ) then 研＝硏

if hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gk,眾 ) and hasGlyphyInUnicode(Gk,衆 ) then 眾＝衆

Description of Historical Glyph Changes

月

月

月hasAncientGlyph

hasAncientGlyph

hasAncientGlyph

心 心

hasAncientGlyph

isAncientGlyphOf

反身關係if 　 hasAncientGlyph(Gi, Gj ) then isAncientGlyphOf(Gj, Gi)

遞移關係if 　 hasAncientGlyph(Gi, Gj ) and hasAncientGlyph(Gj, Gk ) then hasAncientGlyph(Gi, Gk )

Description of Chinese Radicals (The semantic component of Chinese Characters)

SemanticSymbol

Class

Glyph

Class

hasSemanticSymbol

ObjectProperty

range

domain

xsd:string

domain range

range

hasConcept

DataTypeProperty

domain

conceptOfSUMO

ObjectProperty

domain

Xln:SUMOEntity

Class range

range

hasGlyphExpression

InverseFunctionalProperty

hasGlyphInUnicode

FunctionalProperty

hasDerivedGlyph

ObjectProperty

domain

range

domain

Description of the phonological components in a Chinese character

PhoneticSymbol

Class

xsd:stringhas

Pronunciation

ObjectProperty

domain

domaindomain

Glyph

Classhas

PhoneticSymbol

ObjectProperty

domain

range

hasGlyphExpression

InverseFunctionalProperty

hasGlyphInUnicode

FunctionalProperty

range

range

Pronunciation

Class

range

ModernPronunciation

ClassMiddle

Pronunciation

Class

AncientPronunciation

Class

subClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOf

Description of the Criteria of Chinese Character Composition

Glyph

Class

LiuShu

ClassIndicative

Class

Pictograph

ClassSemanticPhonetic

Compound

Class

IdeographicCompound

Class

subClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOf

principleOfFormation

ObjectProperty

IdeographicAndPhoneticSemantic

Compound

Class

subClassOf

subClassOf

domain

range

PhoneticLoan

Class

MutuallyInterpretive

Class

subClassOfsubClassOf

subClassOf

OWL Description of Character Senses

Sense

Class

hasRecordOfZiShu

ObjectProperty

hasLinguisticContext

ObjectProperty

LinguistcContext

Class

domain

domain

hasCitation

ObjectProperty

source

DataTypeProperty

xsd:string

domain

domain

domain

domain TimeInterval

Class

domain

RecordOfZiShu

Classrange

domaincontent

DataTypeProperty

xsd:string

domain

range

source

DataTypeProperty

domainrange

range

Text

Class

expresstion

DataTypeProperty

domain range

Glyph

Class

hasSense

ObjectProperty

domain

range during

ObjectPropertyrange

OWL Description of Word Derivation of Chinese Characters

Glyph

Class

Sense

Class

hasSense

ObjectProperty

domain

range

derivedWords

ObjectProperty

domain

range

Word

Class

SimpleWord

Class

DerivativeWord

Class

CompoundWord

Class

subClassOf

subClassOf subClassOf

isPartOfSimpleWord

ObjectProperty

domain

range

during

ObjectPropertydomain

TimeInterval

Class

range

disjointWith

disjointWithdisjointWith

OWL Description of Character Pronounciation

Pronunciation

Class Sense

Class

hasPronunciation

ObjectProperty

domainrange

AncientPronunciation

Class

MiddlePronunciation

Class

ModernPronunciation

Class

subClassOfsubClassOf

Syllable

Class

Initial

Class

Final

Class

Tone

Class

hasInitial

ObjectProperty

hasFinal

ObjectProperty

hasTone

ObjectProperty

expression

DataTypePropery

xsd:string

FanQie

Class

ZhiYin

Class

Spell

Class

hasSyllable

ObjectProperty

domain

domainrange

domain

domain

range

rangedomain

domain

domain

range

methodOfExpression

ObjectProperty

domain

range

range

range

subClassOf

ShengNiu

Class

YunBu

Class

hasClassifierOfInitial

ObjectProperty

hasClassiferOfFinal

ObjectProperty

range

domain

range

domain

Glyph

Class

hasSense

ObjectPropertydomain

range

PhoneticSymbol

Classdomain

hasPhoneticSymbol

ObjectPropertyrange

domain

range

Restriction

subClassOfcardinality

1

onProperty

OWL Description of Character Variants

Glyph

Class

Sense

Class

hasSense

ObjectProperty

domain

range

Variant

Class

hasVariant

ObjectProperty

domain

TimeInterval

Class

secondGlyph

ObjectProperty

firstGlyph

ObjectProperty

during

ObjectProperty

VariantRelation

Class

range

range

domain

domain

domain

range

domain

domain

hasVariantRelation

ObjectPropertydomain

hasTypeOfVariantRelaion

ObjectProperty

TypeOfVariantRelation

Class

range

restrictionOfSecondGlyph

ObjectProperty

restrictionOfFirstGlyph

ObjectProperty

Word

Class

hasMorphologicalRestriction

ObjectProperty

range

range

subPropertyOf

domain domain

rangedomain

subPropertyOf

HuoZho

Class

JianHua

Class

GuWen

Class

JinZuo

Class

Tong

Class YeZuo

Class

YongTong

Class

ZhouWen

ClassGuZuo

Class

HouZuo

Class

BangZuo

Class

subClassOf

SuZuo

Class

subClassOfsubClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOfsubClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOf

subClassOfsubClassOf

YiZho

Class

subClassOf

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