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nickdrummond / star-wars-ontology

An OWL ontology describing events, characters and places in the Star Wars Universe
https://nickdrummond.github.io/star-wars-ontology/
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Characterise vehicles #31

Closed nickdrummond closed 1 year ago

nickdrummond commented 2 years ago

We shouldn't have hover tank and tank as classes.

We need better distinctions - perhaps TerrestrialVehicle vs Atmospheric vs SpaceVehicle? But some can do all.

Is a snowspeeder a ship? Its a repulsorcraft - its not even represented as a T-47! https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/T-47_airspeeder

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Atmospheric_fighter

nickdrummond commented 2 years ago

Its tricky. We've essentially got a primary classification by purpose (Transport, Bomber etc). But, the distinctions between certain types is not clear - Shuttle, Transport and Freighter all seem to have the same purposes but are treated very differently in Galaxy.

Many ships have multiple designations, eg: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Consular-class_space_cruiser is a frigate and a light cruiser

nickdrummond commented 1 year ago

Classification is too arbitrary and more cohesive evidence would be needed to make the distinctions.