Semantic data loss definition

[DiegoVinasco]

This is a concept we use often in writing during data transformations. We need to create or use an existing formal definition of it and prepare a few examples (in either GIS-BIM or cultural heritage contexts)

[DiegoVinasco]

Kutzner 2016 defines several types of heterogeneity as documented here

Using these definitions, semantic data loss could be defined as the loss of purely semantic information and may be implicit when performing a highly semantic transformation. Building off of this a purely syntactic transformation would by definition, not lose any semantic information. It should also be noted that transformation often have both semantic and syntactic characteristics.