[new Terms] set, collection, aggregate

We need the class collection, and noticed that we are also using group, set and aggregate which have a semantically very similar meaning in the following classes:

• human communy (HDO_00001018) definition "A group of persons which have a characteristic in common. "@en
• technology (HDO_00001013) definition "A collection which includes various types of entities that increase the efficiency of a planned process or its range of effect."@en
• tooling (HDO_00001016) definition "A collection of tools which is intended for a particular purpose."@en
• vocabulary (HDO_00002008) definition "A collection of terms."@en
• class (HDO_00001041) definition "A set, whose members have one or more attributes in common."@en

some initial thoughts:

• collection, def. (DC) aggregation of ressources; Potentially circular - what is the proper superclass.

The terms could be similar but also slight differences might exists with respect to intention. Summary of initial discussion:

• collection def. a group of objects
• In a set is a collection things have a common characteristic, do not contain duplicates
• aggregate things that coherently are "bonded" together
• class
• group

Questions: do we need to disambiguate them all? Could they be describes as continuants/dependent continuants (BFO)?

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Meeting 26-08-2022

set is used in dataset however has a strong connotation in math and information theory. collection would potentially be the least restrictive and controversial choice for a class. set and aggregate, group could be set as related/broad synonyms.

What can be a suitable definition for collection?

To Do

• data set definition needs to be adjusted (i..e data that is intentionally grouped)
• definition for 'collection'

Some Definitions/Resources on Set/Collection:

Mostly Set>Collection https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collection#Noun also indicated in: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hmc/hmc/cct-7-semantics/hmc-glossary-initialization/-/issues/97

Both Set>Collection & Collection>Set https://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Sets.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Collection.html https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Set.html

Collection>Set https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/system/files/swj432.pdf http://aprendeconalf.es/ecollections/

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mentioned in issue #35 (closed)

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