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@pwin pwin commented Aug 12, 2025

Closes #1234.

scope note edited taking into account contributions from both Michael and Mark.

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I don't know why there were other things besides the changed scope note for gist:description. I didn't review those - I only reviewed the scope note change.

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New scope note at 2337-2339 is great.

Co-authored-by: Jamie-SA <45212760+Jamie-SA@users.noreply.github.com>
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You will need a release note for this change as well. Please follow the directions in Contributing.md. This is a patch update.

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skos:scopeNote """This property is to be used to describe data individuals which are not part of the ontology subject matter.
A definition and a description have different semantics. Use skos:definition when it is 'a statement of the exact meaning of a thing',
and gist:description when it is a representation or account of a thing, but not a statement of meaning."""^^xsd:string ;
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I suggest the following:

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skos:scopeNote """This property is to be used to describe data individuals which are not part of the ontology subject matter.
A definition and a description have different semantics. Use skos:definition when it is 'a statement of the exact meaning of a thing',
and gist:description when it is a representation or account of a thing, but not a statement of meaning."""^^xsd:string ;
skos:scopeNote "This property is used to describe instance data which is not part of the ontology. A definition and a description have different semantics. Use skos:definition for a statement of the meaning of a thing and gist:description to describe a thing's attributes, characteristics, or features."^^xsd:string ;
skos:example "A person does not have a definition, but might be described as being 6 feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes; an ontology class or taxonomy term has a definition."^^xsd:string ;

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@pwin Please update with the latest version of develop.

@pwin pwin moved this from In Progress to In Review in gist Version 14.0.0 Aug 14, 2025
@rjyounes rjyounes assigned rjyounes and pwin and unassigned rjyounes Aug 26, 2025
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Add scope note to gist:description
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