Semantic Relationship

A semantic relationship is a relationship between concepts.

• AKA: Semantic Relatedness.
• Context:
  • It can support a Semantic Relation.
  • It can be approximated by a Semantic Similarity Measure.
  • It can be referenced by a Semantic Structure, such as a semantic network.
  • It can range from being a Common-Sense Semantic Relationship to being a Domain-Specific Semantic Relationship.
• Example(s):
  • a Social Relationship.
  • a User Preference relationship.
  • a Semantic Equivalence Relationship.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Causal Relationship.
  • a Syntactic Relationship, within some formal system.
• See: Semantic Content, Paradigmatic Relationship, Semantic Function, Semantic Operation.

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References

2008

• (Dextre Clarke et al., 2008) ⇒ Stella Dextre Clarke, Alan Gilchrist, Ron Davies and Leonard Will. (2008). “Glossary of Terms Relating to Thesauri and Other Forms of Structured Vocabulary for Information Retrieval." Willpower Information
  • semantic relationship
    • (use paradigmatic relationship).

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