Relation of the NIF Core Ontology to ITS 2.0

NIF 3.0 merges several properties from the ITS 2.0 vocab into the NIF Core Ontology (Not complete yet and still work in progress).

nif:lexicalEntryLink

Lexical Entry Link: This property links a phrase or an individual word to a resource providing information for a corresponding meaning (i.e. a matching entry in an actual lexicon or a 'mental lexicon' of a speech community). For example, in the sentence 'The bank was robbed.' the word 'bank' refers to a lexical entry /bank/ that groups several lexical senses (e.g. financial institute and sitting accomodation).

nif:lexicalSenseLink

Lexcial Sense Link: This property links a phrase or an individual word to a resource that represents a single appropirate lexical sense. For example, the word 'bank' in 'The bank was robbed' would link to a resource describing the word sense of the financial institution.

nif:lexicalEntryConf

Lexical Entry Link Confidence: This property gives a confidence measure for the link stated by nif:lexicalEntryLink assertion on the same subject.

nif:lexicalSenseConf

Lexical Sense Link Confidence: This property gives a confidence measure for the link stated by nif:lexicalSenseLink assertion on the same subject.

nif:namedEntityLink

Named Entity Link: This property links a phrase or an individual word to a resource providing information about the named entity denoted by the word/phrase.

nif:namedEntityConf

Named Entity Confidence: This property gives a confidence measure for the link stated by nif:namedEntityLink assertion on the same subject.

nif:entityCategoryLink

Named Entity Category Link: This property links a phrase or an individual word to a resource providing information about the class/category of the named entity denoted by the word/phrase. For example, if the subject would be 'William Shakespeare' a suitable category link would be dbo:Person.

nif:entityCategoryConf

Named Entity Category Confidence: This property gives a confidence measure for the link stated by nif:entityCategoryLink assertion on the same subject.

nif:machineTranslationConf - TODO