| John Sowa's famous example of an inference gone wrong is as follows: | | Clyde is an elephant, elephant is a species, therefore Clyde is a species | | Here's how to avoid the wrong inference by being careful about what each statement means to a human reader | | You can run these rules in a browser, using the Internet Business Logic system | at www.reengineeringllc.com | | For background, please see the "Semantic Web Presentation" at www.reengineeringllc.com some-item is a member of the set some-set that-set is a named subset of the set some-superset -------------------------------------------------------- that-item is a member of a named subset of that-superset this-item is a member of the set this-set ============================================ Clyde The Elephants this-item is a named subset of the set this-set ================================================ The Elephants All Species Of Animals