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You can add inferences to a template, for example, if the address within 40 miles of a Ciggies Inc, add it to the category "Close to ciggies inc," or check for overlaps in "went to school at ..." to generate "went to school together." | You can add inferences to a template, for example, if the address within 40 miles of a Ciggies Inc, add it to the category "Close to ciggies inc," or check for overlaps in "went to school at ..." to generate "went to school together." | ||
Annotations can be hierarchical (actually [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterarchy hetrarchical]); "went to school together" could be a subproperty of "probably knows." Then you can do broad to narrow queries on "probably knows" or any other annotations. | Annotations (properties) can be hierarchical (actually [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterarchy hetrarchical]); "went to school together" could be a subproperty of "probably knows." Then you can do broad to narrow queries on "probably knows" or any other annotations. | ||
Categories | Categories and annotations can be queried and combined. Since it's a semantic system, marked text has meaning and can be reused and constantly built on. | ||
Because it's a wiki with a front end, you can open it up to a group of people to query or edit with forms. It's common Free Software so you don't have to "invent" or maintain anything, though you can extend it as needed. | Because it's a wiki with a front end, you can open it up to a group of people to query or edit with forms. It's common Free Software so you don't have to "invent" or maintain anything, though you can extend it as needed. | ||