{"id":1603,"date":"2025-07-05T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=1603"},"modified":"2025-07-05T20:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:13:16","slug":"need-to-know-the-right-label-and-or-interpretation-of-a-term-data-concept","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wiki\/data-semantics\/data-semantics-problem\/need-to-know-the-right-label-and-or-interpretation-of-a-term-data-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Problem: Need to know the right label and\/or interpretation of a term \/ data concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many complications can arise, boiling down to the question which term (label of a concept) should carry which interpretation for a particular instance of use of that term; often, a number of interpretations are possible, or alternatively, no sufficiently well-described interpretation is known (if any). Basic forms of complication are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Homonyms<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ambiguity<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lack of clarity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-2048x1127.png 2048w, https:\/\/demand.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/interpretation-1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Solutions to these problems are discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wiki\/data-semantics\/data-semantics-tool\/solution-using-meaning-descriptions-to-select-an-interpretation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/demand.nl\/wiki\/data-semantics\/data-semantics-tool\/solution-using-meaning-descriptions-to-select-an-interpretation\/\">here<\/a> (<em>Solution: Using Meaning Descriptions to Select an Interpretation<\/em>)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many complications can arise, boiling down to the question which term (label of a concept) should carry which interpretation for a particular instance of use of that term; often, a number of interpretations are possible, or alternatively, no sufficiently well-described interpretation is known (if any). Basic forms of complication are: Solutions to these problems are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[102],"class_list":["post-1603","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-data-semantics-problem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1624,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1603\/revisions\/1624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demand.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}