Fix minor typos/wording in multiple files #3
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| When reading and using the SOSA ontology, it's important to buy into the concept of properties and observations: | ||
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| 1. Properties: Things being observed. This could be the air temperature, number of deaths, obesity rates, number of beds that a hospital has, etc. | ||
| 2. Observation: The act that resulted in a property being observed. It provides the context *around* the property, such as the value of the property or the name of the observation. This would be the literal *number* of hospital beds. |
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I don't understand the explanation and example for 2. Observation. If an Observation is an act, it should be a verb, like "counting". The example given, "the literal number of hospital beds", in my head is a value like "56". This isn't a verb. I'm afraid I don't understand SOSA well enough to know whether the explanation needs adjusting or the example given needs changing (or if I'm misunderstanding this for another reason).
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I think I'm trying to say that an observation sosa:hasSimpleResult. So the act of observing produces a simple result - which has the number. There's a high chance that I don't understand SOSA enough to make this philosophical claim though!
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Thanks for these improvements!!
In most cases, these edits represent spelling/grammar/other minor wording/punctuation edits. In a couple instances, I've added a word or phrase that I think makes the explanation clearer, but if I've inadvertently changed the meaning or made it inaccurate, please reject the edit.