Unique Identifiers, Homonyms, Synonyms and Automatic Translation
A Gellish database uses a unique identifier for each thing, irrespective whether it is a user object, a concept from the Gellish dictionary, a fact or a relation type. The following Gellish database table is an extended version of the above example and includes the language in which the fact is expressed as well as the identifiers of the objects.
| Language | UID of left hand object | Name of left hand object | UID of fact | UID of relation type | Name of relation type | UID of right hand object | Name of right hand object |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 1 | The Eiffel tower | 101 | 5138 | is located in | 2700887 | Paris |
| English | 1 | The Eiffel tower | 102 | 1225 | is classified as a | 40903 | tower |
| Dutch | 1 | De Eiffel toren | 103 | 4691 | is a translation of | 1 | The Eiffel tower |
The unique identifiers enable the use of synonyms and homonyms and enable that a computer can automatically translate a Gellish expression in a certain language into a Gellish expression in another language. This is because the meaning of a Gellish expression is captured as a relation between the unique identifiers, so that the meaning is language-independent. This adds automatic translation capabilities to Gellish expressions, because a Gellish message can be created e.g. in Gellish English whereas computer software can present it in another Gellish variant, such as Gellish Dutch if a dictionary or a translation is available, such as on the third line in the above table.
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