© Roger M Tagg 2008, 2010
Welcome to FROLIO – a new attempt to merge philosophy and the "semantic web". This website is in process of continuous development.
Many things that are involved in relationships are not simple - they are compound structures. The simplest structures are unordered collections or one dimensional lists. However in most situations the parts that make up the whole have to interface and fit with each other.
Inevitably, this list is only partial - and currently, still needs more work.
| Major Structure Type | Detailed Types | Examples |
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Unordered collection |
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| Lucky dip | Several red balls in a bag; small prizes in a bran tub at a fair | |
| Unordered set | Numbered balls in a bag (e.g. for drawing the next round of the English FA Cup); people waiting at an Australian bus stop | |
Ordered collection |
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| One dimension | People waiting at a British bus stop; customers at a supermarket deli counter that issues numbered tickets; football clubs in a league table; line dancers | |
| Two or more dimensions | Racing cars on a grand prix grid; eight dancers in a formation; paper notices on a notice board; paintings in an art gallery; towns in a country; planets or stars in the heavens (NB there may be more than one ordering scheme simultaneously!) | |
| Hierarchy | Employees (or rather management roles) in an organization structure; parts, sub-assemblies and assemblies in vehicle manufacture (Just as with simple ordering, the same set of parts may be arranged in more than one hierarchy simultaneously!) | |
Assembly with interfacing and fitting |
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| Physical structure | House; motor car; electric shaver; computer; human body | |
| Activity structure | Project plan; standard procedure; business process; workflow pattern; computer program; music score; dancers' choreography; cooking recipe | |
| Idea Structure | Theory; vision; architect's or engineer's drawing; computer system design | |
| Scenario Structure | A "state of affairs"; a "set of conditions" |
These link you, the reader, to more details about FROLIO. The core of this website is a set of pages about relationships - links to these are on the first table below. The index in the bottom row points to a set of "diatribes" or opinionated essays, about things the author feels particularly strongly about!
Some of these links may be under construction – or re-construction.
This version updated on 29th January 2010
If you have constructive suggestions or comments, please contact the author rogertag@tpg.com.au .