How to model uncertainty about events?

[ManuelSimoes]

In the domain of law enforcement there is always quite a bit of uncertainty about what happened:

• E.g. two witnesses giving different accounts of the same event.
• E.g. a cop suspecting that a crime happened.

If we model these things as a gufo:ExtrinsicMode (suspicion, witness claim, etc) than we lose the structure of what it is that's being claimed. If we model these things as true than we're technically lying.

Something like a gufo:ExtrinsicMode (suspicion, witness claim, etc) that refers to a named graph that contains what it is that's being claimed would seem like a solution, but doesn't seem possible with gUFO.

How would you model this type of uncertainty?

[pedropaulofb]

Hi @ManuelSimoes, This might not be the best forum for questions about modeling strategies. I’m part of a WhatsApp group dedicated to UFO/OntoUML/gUFO, which could be more suitable for this discussion. If you're interested, please send me an email with your phone number and I’ll add you to the group.