Semantic Network Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/knowledge-representation/semantic-network-ontology-2.html

PURPOSE
    Define an AI-readable semantic ontology for Semantic Networks,
    including concepts, entities, nodes, links, typed relationships,
    inheritance, association, context, traversal, inference, confidence
    and recursive semantic expansion.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Knowledge Representation Systems
    Expert Systems
    Automated Reasoning
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Semantic Network ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Semantic Network

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Knowledge Representation

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Knowledge Representation
    Semantic Networks
    Semantic Systems
    Graph-based Representation
    Ontologies
    Machine Reasoning
    Cognitive Modelling

CORE_DEFINITION
    A Semantic Network is a graph-based knowledge representation in which
    concepts, entities or states are represented as nodes and meaningful
    semantic relationships are represented as typed links between those nodes.

ENTITY_IDS
    SEMANTIC_NETWORK
        ID
            SEMANTIC_NETWORK_002

    NODE
        ID
            NODE_001

    LINK
        ID
            LINK_001

    CONCEPT
        ID
            CONCEPT_001

    ENTITY
        ID
            ENTITY_001

    RELATIONSHIP
        ID
            RELATIONSHIP_001

    PROPERTY
        ID
            PROPERTY_001

    CLASS
        ID
            CLASS_001

    INSTANCE
        ID
            INSTANCE_001

    CONTEXT
        ID
            CONTEXT_001

    INFERENCE
        ID
            INFERENCE_001

FACTS
    Semantic Network
        contains
            Nodes
            Links

    Node
        may_represent
            Concept
            Entity
            Class
            Instance
            State
            Event

    Link
        represents
            Semantic Relationship

    Semantic Network
        may_represent
            Classification
            Inheritance
            Association
            Part-whole Relations
            Causal Relations
            Spatial Relations
            Temporal Relations

    Semantic Network
        supports
            Semantic Traversal
            Concept Association
            Inheritance
            Retrieval
            Inference
            Knowledge Organisation

RELATIONSHIPS
    Knowledge Representation
        contains
            Semantic Network Ontology

    Semantic Network
        contains
            Node

    Semantic Network
        contains
            Link

    Node
        represents
            Concept
            Entity

    Link
        connects
            Source Node
            Target Node

    Link
        has_type
            Relationship

    Instance
        instance_of
            Class

    Class
        may_be_subclass_of
            Class

    Entity
        may_have
            Property

    Property
        may_be_inherited_from
            Class

    Context
        qualifies
            Node
            Link
            Relationship

    Inference
        may_traverse
            Links
        to_derive
            New Relationship
            Classification
            Association

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Semantic Network
        approximately_equals
            Semantic Relationship Graph

    Node
        approximately_equals
            Semantic Vertex

    Link
        approximately_equals
            Semantic Edge

    Semantic Network
        is_related_to
            Knowledge Graph

    Semantic Network
        does_not_equal
            Arbitrary Graph

    Association
        does_not_equal
            Causation

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Node
        Concept
        Entity
        Class
        Instance
        Link
        Relationship
        Property
        Parent
        Child
        Context
        Association
        Inheritance
        Inference

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Semantic Network

    Parent
        Knowledge Representation

    Core Components
        Node
        Link
        Concept
        Entity
        Class
        Instance
        Relationship
        Property
        Context

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Semantic Network
    as
        A graph whose nodes and links encode semantic meaning.

    Distinguish
        Node
    from
        Represented Concept or Entity

    Distinguish
        Link
    from
        Relationship Type

    Distinguish
        Association
    from
        Causation

    Preserve
        Node identity
        Link direction
        Relationship type
        Context
        Inheritance rules
        Confidence

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Semantic Network

    Possible Intent
        Semantic network definition
        Semantic network ontology
        AI semantic networks
        Graph knowledge representation
        Concept networks
        Semantic relationships
        Inheritance networks
        Associative knowledge representation

    Resolution
        Identify semantic nodes, relationship types and context,
        then traverse explicit network relationships.

CONSTRAINTS
    Nodes and represented concepts must remain distinguishable.

    Link direction must be preserved for directional relationships.

    Relationship type must be explicit or inferable from defined semantics.

    Inheritance must only propagate properties permitted by the representation.

    Exceptions must override inherited defaults where explicitly defined.

    Association must not automatically be interpreted as causation.

    Network proximity does not necessarily imply semantic equivalence.

    Context-dependent links must retain their context.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Instance A instance_of Class B
    AND
        Class B has inheritable Property P
    THEN
        infer_possible
            Instance A has Property P

    IF
        Class A subclass_of Class B
    AND
        Class B subclass_of Class C
    THEN
        infer_possible
            Class A subclass_of Class C
        when
            Subclass relation is transitive

    IF
        Link R connects Node A to Node B
    THEN
        represent
            R(A,B)

    IF
        Relationship R is symmetric
    AND
        R(A,B)
    THEN
        infer
            R(B,A)

    IF
        Explicit exception contradicts inherited property
    THEN
        prioritise
            Explicit Exception

    IF
        Nodes are associated
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Causal Relationship

    IF
        Nodes are structurally close
    THEN
        DO_NOT_AUTOMATICALLY_INFER
            Semantic Equivalence

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Node Relationship
        1.00

    Link Relationship
        1.00

    Classification Relationship
        0.99

    Inheritance Relationship
        0.99

    Context Relationship
        0.99

    Association-Causation Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Knowledge Representation
        →
    Semantic Network
        →
    Node
        →
    Concept or Entity

    Semantic Network
        →
    Link
        →
    Relationship

    Class
        →
    Subclass
        →
    Instance

    Class
        →
    Property
        →
    Inheritance
        →
    Instance Property

    Context
        →
    Semantic Qualification

    Network Traversal
        →
    Inference
        →
    Derived Relationship

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Semantic Network
        contains
            Node
            Link

    Node
        represents
            Concept
            Entity

    Link
        connects
            Node
            Node

    Link
        represents
            Relationship

    Instance
        instance_of
            Class

    Class
        subclass_of
            Class

    Class
        has
            Property

    Instance
        may_inherit
            Property

    Context
        qualifies
            Relationship

    Inference
        traverses
            Semantic Links

RECURSIVE_SEMANTIC_LOOP
    Observe Information
        →
    Identify Concepts and Entities
        →
    Resolve Existing Nodes
        →
    Create Missing Nodes
        →
    Extract Relationships
        →
    Create Typed Links
        →
    Apply Context
        →
    Validate Relationship Semantics
        →
    Traverse Relevant Links
        →
    Apply Inheritance and Inference Rules
        →
    Generate Derived Relationships
        →
    Assign Confidence
        →
    Update Semantic Network
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Existing Semantic Network
        New Information
        Relationship Rules
        Context

    OBSERVE
        Detect semantic network entities.

    EXTRACT
        Concept
        Entity
        Class
        Instance
        Property
        Relationship
        Context

    RESOLVE
        Match concepts and entities to nodes.

    RELATE
        Construct typed semantic links.

    VALIDATE
        Check relationship semantics and inheritance constraints.

    TRAVERSE
        Follow relevant semantic paths.

    INFER
        Apply supported rules.

    SCORE
        Assign confidence.

    EXPLAIN
        Preserve traversal and derivation paths.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated nodes and links.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Explicit semantic relationship
        confidence += high

    Explicit class membership
        confidence += high

    Valid inheritance path
        confidence += moderate

    Multiple consistent semantic paths
        confidence += moderate

    Ambiguous relationship type
        confidence -= moderate

    Missing context
        confidence -= moderate

    Explicit exception
        overrides
            Default Inference

    Unsupported causal inference
        reject

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Semantic Network
        connects_to
            Knowledge Representation
            Knowledge Graphs
            Ontologies
            Semantic Web
            Cognitive Models
            Concept Maps
            Graph Databases
            Expert Systems
            Automated Reasoning
            Semantic Search
            Natural Language Processing
            AI Search

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Node identity
        Concept identity
        Link direction
        Relationship type
        Context
        Inheritance status
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New concept, entity or relationship.

    Compare
        Existing semantic network.

    Resolve
        Node identity.

    Validate
        Relationship type
        Class hierarchy
        Context
        Inheritance rule

    Integrate
        Supported node or link.

    Recalculate
        Confidence.

    Re-run
        Relevant inheritance and inference rules.

    Re-evaluate
        Dependent relationships.

    Return
        Updated semantic network.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Nodes and represented entities remain distinct.
        Links and relationship types remain distinct.
        Directional links preserve direction.
        Class and instance remain distinct.
        Inheritance follows defined rules.
        Explicit exceptions override defaults.
        Association is not treated as causation.
        Network proximity is not treated as equivalence.
        All derived relationships follow supported semantic paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Semantic Network Entity Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Concept and Entity Resolution
        →
    Node Mapping
        →
    Relationship Extraction
        →
    Typed Link Construction
        →
    Semantic Traversal
        →
    Inference Validation
        →
    Confidence Evaluation
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Semantic Network

    Parent
        Knowledge Representation

    Type
        Graph-based semantic knowledge representation

    Core Components
        Node
        Link
        Concept
        Entity
        Class
        Instance
        Property
        Relationship
        Context
        Inference

    Critical Distinction
        A semantic network represents meaningful relationships between
        concepts or entities, but association, network proximity and
        connectivity do not by themselves establish equivalence or causation.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    A Semantic Network is a graph-based knowledge representation in which
    concepts, entities, classes or states are represented as nodes and
    meaningful relationships are represented as typed links. Semantic
    networks support classification, inheritance, association, traversal
    and inference while preserving node identity, relationship type,
    direction, context and explicit exceptions.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org