Representation of Descriptive Name and the Resolution Method with a Semantic Network Structure

We propose a new name-resolution method suitable for descriptive names for use in novel name-management systems. In conventional systems some naming scheme uses attributes on administration as an identifier of an object. However there is no naming system where proper attributes of each object are used as identifiers. This kind of naming scheme is also important to users. Therefore we adopt the definition of a descriptive name from IS7498-3 and consider such a naming scheme as indicating proper attributes of a computer resource. Our purpose is to review how to represent proper attributes in descriptive names and to construct a new resolution mechanism suitable for them. We have paid attention to denotation classes of attributes degree of generality in an attribute sort relation among attributes within an object or between objects and ellipsis or order of at-tributes in a description. We have analyzed their interrelations and clarified a rule among attributes: they could be ordered partially based on a degree of generality level in each attribute sort. Considering the resemblance between the partial ordering among attributes and a semantic network called KL-ONE we constructed a name resolution algorithm for the descriptions of proper attributes by using the structure of KL-ONE. In this algorithm we have introduced some new concepts for treating various kinds of attributes. This enables us to treat descriptive names of proper attributes with various forms as a key element of computer systems.

We propose a new name-resolution method suitable for descriptive names, for use in novel name-management systems. In conventional systems, some naming scheme uses attributes on administration as an identifier of an object. However, there is no naming system where proper attributes of each object are used as identifiers. This kind of naming scheme is also important to users. Therefore, we adopt the definition of a descriptive name from IS7498-3, and consider such a naming scheme as indicating proper attributes of a computer resource. Our purpose is to review how to represent proper attributes in descriptive names and to construct a new resolution mechanism suitable for them. We have paid attention to denotation classes of attributes, degree of generality in an attribute sort, relation among attributes within an object or between objects and ellipsis or order of at-tributes in a description. We have analyzed their interrelations and clarified a rule among attributes: they could be ordered partially based on a degree of generality level in each attribute sort. Considering the resemblance between the partial ordering among attributes and a semantic network, called KL-ONE, we constructed a name resolution algorithm for the descriptions of proper attributes by using the structure of KL-ONE. In this algorithm, we have introduced some new concepts, for treating various kinds of attributes. This enables us to treat descriptive names of proper attributes with various forms as a key element of computer systems.