The relation type, fundamental element in knowledge representation (in this example appears between ‘<’ & ‘>’) defines how these concepts are related (or the objects of the example): it indicates its function, if it is of categorization or else.
Observe that “the cat”, as all things, belongs to several known categories, in this example we have only indicated 3 of them, but there could still be many more.
Relation types are also “categories”, in this case relational categories: see between braces ‘{‘ & ‘}’, the corresponding relational category to every relation type.
Any conceptualization will always contain categorization, though for the sake of analysis it's possible to identify categories and "the other relations", that are also fundamental.
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Categorizing
<is
not equal to>
conceptualizing
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Categorizing
<is
not enough to>
conceptualizing
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Conceptualizing
<contains>
categorizing
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This type of knowledge
is classified as “declarative
knowledge”,
because it is expressed in propositional terms: concept <verbal
relation>
concept.
This kind of
organization (very simplified here) is at the basis of any
knowledge
representation
model or paradigm.
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Learning (or
“knowing”, or discovering) is to establish
verbal relations
between concepts. |
From the book
Concept Maps. Knowledge Management in Education
(published in Spanish:
"Mapas conceptuales. La
gestión del conocimiento en la didáctica"
de Virgilio Hernandez Forte, published by
Alfaomega Grupo Editor.
(ISBN:
970-15-1076-3,
296 pp)
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