Inconsistent use of the word 'plurality' in the annotations of 'object aggregate'

[avsculley]

In the skos:definition plurality seems to mean greater than or equal to 1 whereas in the second skos:scopeNote it seems to mean greater than 1.

I am, of course, happy to submit a PR fixing this issue, if permitted. I think the fix is just to change the greater than or equal to symbol in the def to a greater than symbol.

[alanruttenberg]

The definition says there is >= 1, and the scopenote clarifies that if there is only one, then at some other time there must be more than one.
If anything the Elucidation could be rewritten to reflect that membership is time dependent, or that a plurality (in the strict sense that plural means more than one) obtains at some time. Something like

An object aggregate is a material entity with one or more member parts at all times, and more than one member part at some time.

But I don't see the bug as stated. The second scopeNote says explicity that at some times there can be only one object, so I don't see how you can conclude >1

[avsculley]

It says "but must at some time have a plurality of member parts" here it means more than one.

If the correct way to use plurality is to mean greater than or equal to one, then the scope note shouldn't use it to mean more than one.

I think your suggested fix works, since 'plurality' is no longer used in the def, and thus no longer means two different things across the annotation properties. Admittedly, my suggestion only fixed the use of the word 'plurality' whereas yours does that, and improves the model such that an important aspect of it is no longer relegated to the scope note.

[alanruttenberg]

The correct use of plurality is greater than one. It's the definition that should be amended. Suggested:

An object aggregate is a material entity usually consisting of a plurality of objects as member parts, although at some times only a single object, which together form a unit.

For Barry to resolve.

[phismith]

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