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Simply Logical: Lojban, RDF, and the Jorne Project

Lojban (www.lojban.org) is an artificial spoken and written language based on the concepts of predicate logic . While it was designed to be used by human beings, it has a parseable grammar and structured semantics that make it ideal for processing by computers. Lojban defines words based on predefined predicate root words called gismu. Each root word has a specific structure associated with it, containing one to five slots that can be filled with nouns (Lojban calls these items sumti). For example, the Lojban predicate "bevri" means the act or process of carrying something, and it functions much like a verb. Within its structure are also contained five other related concepts: carrier, cargo, ...