What can concept diagrams say?

  • Authors:
  • Gem Stapleton;John Howse;Peter Chapman;Ian Oliver;Aidan Delaney

  • Affiliations:
  • Visual Modelling Group, University of Brighton, UK;Visual Modelling Group, University of Brighton, UK;Visual Modelling Group, University of Brighton, UK;Nokia Services, Finland;Visual Modelling Group, University of Brighton, UK

  • Venue:
  • Diagrams'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Logics that extend the syntax of Euler diagrams include Venn-II, Euler/Venn, spider diagrams and constraint diagrams, which are first-order. We show that concept diagrams can quantify over sets and binary relations, so they are second-order. Thus, concept diagrams are highly expressive compared with other diagrammatic logics.