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What is ‘Binary’ Languages vs. n-ary Languages

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Handbook of Research on Computational Forensics, Digital Crime, and Investigation: Methods and Solutions
Binary languages (like RDF and OWL) are based on the classical ‘attribute – value’ model: they are called ‘binary’ because, for them, a property can only be a binary relationship, linking two individuals or an individual and a value. They cannot be used to represent in an accurate way the narratives that require, in general, the use of n-ary knowledge representation languages.
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Conceptual Tools for Dealing with ‘Narrative' Terrorism Information
Gian Piero Zarri (University Paris-Est, France)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-836-9.ch019
Abstract
In this paper, we evoke first the ubiquity and the importance of the so-called ‘non-fictional narrative’ information, with a particular emphasis on the terrorism- and crime-related data. We show that the usual knowledge representation and ‘ontological’ techniques have difficulties in finding complete solutions for representing and using this type of information. We supply then some details about NKRL, a representation and inferencing environment especially created for an ‘intelligent’ exploitation of narrative information. This description will be integrated with concrete examples to illustrate the use of this conceptual tool in a terrorism context.
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Binary languages (like RDF and OWL) are based on the classical ‘attribute – value’ model they are called ‘binary’ because, for them, a property can only be a binary relationship, linking two individuals or an individual and a value. They cannot be used to represent in an accurate way the narratives that ask in general, on the contrary, for the use of n-ary knowledge representation languages.
Published in Chapter: "Narrative" Information Problems; From: Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence
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