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SBVR11 — Instances of Clause 8 fact type should be states of affairs

  • Key: SBVR11-99
  • Legacy Issue Number: 14849
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Rule ML Initiative ( John Hall)
  • Summary:

    'Actuality' is a specialization of 'state of affairs'.
    Clause 8 says:
    fact type (synonym: verb concept): concept that is the meaning of a verb phrase that involves one or more noun concepts and whose instances are all actualities
    There are other instances of fact type that need to be accommodated, such as:
    § states of affairs that are planned to become actualities
    § states of affairs that might be actualities, but the semantic community does not yet know for sure
    Instances of a fact type should be states of affairs.

  • Reported: SBVR 1.0 — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — SBVR 1.1
  • Disposition Summary:

    Clause 8 ‘fact type’ has been renamed ‘verb concept’

    1. Change the definition of ‘verb concept’ to specialize the concept ‘state of affairs’ to make it possible to structure propositions that are not known to correspond to actualities without having to use objectifications.
    2. Separate the concept of verb concept as a structure of roles and a verb phrase from the more specific concpet of a verb concept with at least one open role (how it has always been understood in SBVR) to clarify ambiguity and support the addition of Unitary Verb Concept and Individual Verb Concept.

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT