Semantic equivalence (computing)

<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<p>Assume that there are two organizations, each having a separate data dictionary.  The first organization has a data element entry:
</p>
 <DataElement>
    <Name>PersonFamilyName</Name>
    <Definition>The name of a person shared with other members of their family.</Definition>
 <DataElement>

<p>and a second organization has a data dictionary with a data element with the following entry:
</p>
 <DataElement>
    <Name>IndividualLastName</Name>
    <Definition>The name of an individual person shared with other members of their family.</Definition>
 <DataElement>

<p>these two data elements can be considered to have the same meaning and can be marked as semantically equivalent.
</p>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Logical_equivalence/ysCWmsxA">Logical equivalence</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vocabulary-based_transformation/lKYxghnq">Vocabulary-based transformation</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Web_Ontology_Language/jkr0IGn8">Web Ontology Language</a> (OWL)</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/">World Wide Web OWL Language Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.udef.org/">Universal Data Element Framework Web Site</a>  Semantic Equivalency for Standards and Integrations</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#equivalentClass-def">OWL definition of Class Equivalency</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#equivalentProperty-def">OWL definition of Property Equivalency</a></li></ul>

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