The meaning of namespaces. Philosophical and structural features

Abstract

Namespaces are semantic systems from the linguistic point; they are systems made up from words (and their attached meanings) and the seminatic relations existing between them. Words have got meanings and signalizations. Part of words, the common names denominate concepts, while the other part, proper names denominate unique things. As individual things can be caputered by concepts (e.g. „Albert Einstein” by the concept „scientist”), we may state that namespaces are made up from systems of concepts and the associative relations between them. The system of concepts may be perceived as a sorting system. In this system, existence may be (ontologically) arranged according to several dimensions. According to abstract conceptual categories (i.e. the concepts considered as most general) there are concepts representing (or words meaning) materials, motion/energy and properties/information. Concepts may be arranged according to their levels of existence (complexity) and their sublevels. The most general existence levels in the natural sphere are physical-chemical, biological and psychic levels. In society, however, those are the economic, civilizational-legal-political and cultural levels and related sublevels. These are complemented by (these include) special feedback levels (eco-cybernetical ones). Based on the concepts classification systems have been created from the very beginning, essentially to arrange the information stored. To the words – which are the primary subject data in namespaces – secondary metadata are connected (such as grammatical, administrative, statistical data etc.). If the words of a namespace are used for qualifying, classifying and organizing information, these words in applied systems constitute metadata.