FIGURE 5 in Learning from Linnaeus: towards developing the foundation for a general structure concept for morphology*

FIGURE 5. Implementation of the structure concept in RDF ontology: The trait to be described is represented by the 'Subject' of a RDF triple. The 'property' represents one perceptual category of the structure concept and functions as an empirical question that can only be answered by studying the trait. The answer to the question is represented by the 'Object' of the RDF triple and corresponds with one of the values that are allowed for this category according to the structure concept. One such describing RDF triple represents a morphological datum – the smallest piece of morphological information possible.