A semantic network is a collection of nodes representing objects or concepts. Each node may have named attributes (e.g. "nos_of_legs:4") and directed relationships to other nodes (e.g. "owns"). The possible attributes and relationship sis sometimes defined in a formal ontology. e>
Used on Chap. 2: pages 27, 28, 29; Chap. 5: page 90; Chap. 6: pages 117, 124; Chap. 18: page 429; Chap. 22: pages 536, 541, 543
A fragment of a semantic network.