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text: Project Number IST-2006-033789 Project Title Planets Title of Deliverable Specification of a Planets-wide Ontology of properties for digital preservation needs. (Part three of a three-part final report from the Digital Object Properties Working Group Report) Deliverable Number D23C Contributing Sub-project PC/3 and Work-package Deliverable External Dissemination Level Deliverable Nature Report Contractual Delivery 26th April 2010 Date Actual Delivery Date 26th May 2010 Author(s) UzK Contributors Person Role Partner Contribution Robert Kummer UZK Author Johanna Puhl UZK Author Keyword list: Ontology, XCL, property, observational, extractable, preservation, rendering, performance, OWL Contents 1. Purpose of this document .................................................................................... 4 2. Previous work........................................................................................................ 4 3. Ontology Sources ................................................................................................. 4 4. Ontology Purpose ................................................................................................. 5 5. Standards to be used............................................................................................ 7 5.1. Ontology integration ............................................................................................ 7 5.2. Anonymous classes ............................................................................................ 8 5.3. Non-transitive cardinality-restrictions:.................................................................. 8 6. The Structure ......................................................................................................... 9 6.1. The basic concepts: Preservation concepts and file properties as classes and individuals ................................................................................................................. 9 6.2. Describing file properties with units and datatypes ............................................. 9 6.3. The concept of OWL:ObjectProperty................................................................. 10 7. The Terminology ................................................................................................. 10 7.1. Common understanding of "Property" and "Characteristic"............................... 10 7.2. Observational and Extractable in the Planets Ontology .................................... 10 7.3. Definition of Extractable Properties ................................................................... 11 7.4. Definition of Observational Properties ............................................................... 12 7.5. Approach to Terminological Problems .............................................................. 12 7.5.1. Observational vs. Extractable........................................................................ 12 7.5.2. Rendering properties ..................................................................................... 12 7.5.3. Performance Properties................................................................................. 13 8. Technical documentation ................................................................................... 13 8.1. The Planets-Ontology as a whole...................................................................... 13 8.2. PLATO issues ................................................................................................... 15 9. Outlook................................................................................................................. 15 1. Purpose of this document The aim of this document is to set the context of the ontology work that has been undertaken during the course of PLANETS and which has lead to the development of the PLANETS-wide ontology. This report is part of a three-part final report from the PLANETS Digital Object Properties Working Group. The three companion reports, which can be read in conjunction, are: • The concept of significant properties. (PLANETS deliverable PC3 – D23A); • Planets components for the extraction and evaluation of digital object properties (PLANETS deliverable PC3 – D23B); and • Specification of a Planets-wide Ontology of properties for digital preservation needs. (PLANETS deliverable PC3 – D23C) (this report). 2. Previous work Within the PLANETS-project a lot of investigations regarding preservation-relevant (file-) properties have been pursued in different sub-projects. To unify these different achievements a model was needed that represents the outcome of this researches and relates them to each other. It has shown that for this purpose an ontology can be an effective tool to not only unify the results of research but also link them to each other to be able to generate new knowledge about a certain domain of interest.1 Research on ontologies within PLANETS started with developing the XCL ontology. It has been designed at the University of Cologne to establish a canonical naming scheme and conventions for classification of file-format properties within extractor and comparator tools. These pieces of software and two XML-based languages have been created in the PLANETS sub-project "Preservation Characterisation" in Cologne. The extractor is supposed to read all available information within a file (of one of the supported formats) and to create a description file that contains this information. The description file is written in the XCDL-language that is easily readable for humans and machines. In a scenario where a file has been migrated to a different file-format and a preservation-manager needs to find out if all information has been correctly transformed into the new file (of the new format) he can find out by having the information of both files extracted and encoded in the XCDL-format. Then, another tool that has been built in Cologne, the Comparator, can scan both files for properties that differ after being migrated from one file format to the other. The XCL-Ontology takes care that all property are denominated in a way that they conform to a certain naming convention as well as are relying on the same units and data types. Both the extractor and comparator query the ontology by accessing a web service endpoint and by then retrieving the according information to map file- specific names to the canonical ones. 3. Ontology Sources 1 "Ontology" is a term frequently used in Semantic Web research. For more information about the concepts used in this document refer to the W3C Semantic Web page (http://www.w3.org/). It provides extensive information and introductory material. Complementary to the XCL-Ontology, another ontology has been established, the PLANETS-wide ontology. While the former is focused on dealing with file properties, the latter also aims at including additional properties that are significant in the preservation context. It should represent the knowledge about properties dealing with digital preservation in general that turned out to be important in different PLANETS sub-projects. Consequently, it relies on the XCL-Ontology as a foundation but extends the structure beyond its means to encode file properties. To facilitate distributed development while maintaining a clean structure, the PLANETS-wide ontology has been split into several dependent ontologies that are maintained in different files. The relations between properties that stem from different projects and therefore appear in different files need to be investigated, defined and modelled. The following information has already been included within the Planets-wide Ontology: • PP/2: Report on policy and strategy models for libraries, archives and data centres2 • Plato: Preservation plan template for significant properties3 • TB/3: Methods for testing4 • Inspect: Properties from the INSPECT project5 • PC3-D9 part 2: Classification scheme for representation information networks6 • XCL-Properties: Properties from the PC-Extractor and -Comparator7 The file properties that have been listed in each of the sources used were simply integrated into subclasses according to either the subprojects name or – in the case that further classifications were made – the classifications name. For example, the work of TB/3 lists properties according to kinds of file types similarly to the XCL- structure. [did exploit information if it was available] The semantic structure that was used to build the sub-ontologies was therefore the same as in the XCL-Ontology to be able to create links between these in an uncomplicated way. Still, not all semantic issues could be solved according to the slightly different meaning of properties from different subprojects with almost the same names. 4. Ontology Purpose Many properties that stem from files and other preservation topics have been discussed in the scope of the PLANETS project. To provide an overview, a model needed to be established that is both machine- and human-readable. This is guaranteed by using OWL as XML-RDF representation for the Ontology. 2 http://www.planets-project.eu/private/pages/wiki/index.php/PP/2_Draft_Conceptual_Model 3 http://gforge.planets- project.eu/svn/planningtool/trunk/data/templates/public_fragments/Significant%20properties. mm 4 ftp://www.planets-project.eu:1924/docs/Deliverables/5Testbed_(TB)/Planets_TB3- D2_MethodsforTesting_final.pdf) 5 http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/resources.html 6 http://www.planets-project.eu/private/planets-ftp/WP_PC/XCLOntologyJP2HMrdf.owl 7 http://planetarium.hki.uni-koeln.de/planets_cms/ontology/XCLOntology.owl Machine-readable in this context means that OWL can be interpreted through reasoning software and therefore enables machines to draw conclusions from it. The XCL-Ontology has already been used within the "Preservation Characterization" project and the latest version of the test bed environment. There, it proved to be a useful tool. Basically, ontologies have been proposed to support communication processes in larger groups. They have been developed to help organisations finding a common language and understanding of important concepts. In comparison to flat glossaries or terminology lists, ontologies can have a complex thesaurus-like structure. Thus, they not only define certain notions but can also encode complex interrelations. File properties can be most adequately described together with their surrounding preservation ecosystem. Thus, the ontology seems to be a good way to describe them. In certain use cases ontologies can help the manager of a preservation- workflow to decide on which tools to use and learn which sequences of operations have to be executed. A somewhat more elaborate description on how an ontology can be used has been formulated as a user scenario8. It describes certain situations and user actions where the utilization of the PLANETS-wide ontology most likely could be helpful. Institutions that take care of the long-term preservation of digital objects rely on comprehensive domain knowledge. Here, the ontology will function as a knowledge base with structured information about file properties and those that are also important in a preservation ecosystem. For example, in the context of PLANETS, the ontology will be of use for the Plato planning tool and the Testbed, once it is implemented. As it provides the user with information about file-properties and properties that are important in a preservation ecosystem it can be very helpful in an institution that takes care about the long-term preservation of digital objects. 8 This scenario can be found in companion report, Planets components for the extraction and evaluation of digital object properties (PLANETS deliverable PC3 – D23B) 5. Standards to be used The Planets-wide Ontology will be written in OWL/RDF with the expressivity of OWL- Lite. In general, there are three different ways to model an ontology using the following dialects: OWL Full, OWL Lite and OWL DL (= Description Logic). Those dialects relate to each other as follows: A document written in OWL Lite is also a valid OWL DL-document, which is also a valid OWL-Full document. This means that OWL Lite is the most specialised dialect of these three but still appeared to be suitable to express preservation topics. The described order expresses that OWL Full has the loosest rules and allows constructs that cannot be handled by common Semantic Web tools. OWL Full can handle almost any construction as long it is valid RDF and is therefore most endangered of being used in an inconsistent way. As OWL Lite is the strictest conception of this order, it does not allow many of the concepts that the other OWL dialects do allow9. 5.1. Ontology integration Each of the ontologies has been modelled in a way that supports its alignment with the PLANETS-wide ontology. OWL and RDFS do provide several ways to align information that has been modelled in different ontologies. These comprise SWRL10 rules; OWL and RDFS class axioms as well as additional means to express identity of individuals. To align classes properly that have been defined in different project ontologies the RDFS property rdfs:subClassOf has been used. Most Semantic Web software will be able to handle this property for correct reasoning. RDFS has been preferred to OWL (owl:equivalentClass) wherever it was possible for reason of compatibility and simplicity: @prefix rdfs: <http://[…]/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>. @prefix xcl: <http://[…]/XCLOntology#>. @base <http://[…]/PLANETSOntology#>. :audioInformation a rdfs:Class; rdfs:subClassOf xcl:XCL_Properties; rdfs:subClassOf :ExtractableProperties. 9 See also: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-features/ 10 SWRL = Semantic Web Rule Language: http://www.daml.org/2003/11/swrl/ The built-in OWL property owl:sameAs can be used to link one OWL individual to another individual. However, in the scope of XCL it seemed to be reasonable to avoid this mechanism as properties meanings overlap between different file-formats or use different units or datatypes. So it did not seem appropriate to use a mechanism that implies a perfectly equivalent relationship; therefore we considered it to be helpful to define a special relationship for expressing relationships between properties called xcl:convertTo. This will also prevent Semantic Web reasoners from automatically processing identity relations and adding additional facts. Thus, the responsibility for processing has been delegated to software that can interpret the XCL namespace. The scope of the property xcl:convertTo has been defined rather general to capture the semantics of most conversion processes. Sub-properties could be defined to capture the nature of more specific migrations. For example xcl:castTo could be introduced for converting an enumeration to a string data type. Since relationships between PLANETS properties also cannot always be defined clearly as identity, we decided to use that same relationship. This relationship expresses that specific properties express the same, but use different units or datatypes in different contexts.11 Since these can be converted to each other, the relationship has been called xcl:convertTo. Note: The terminology regarding properties is a little precarious as OWL itself uses a concept called property (OWL:property) to express relationships between individuals while we decided to model file-properties as individuals. So this is why we tried to avoid the notion "property" for relationships that are in fact modelled as OWL:property. 5.2. Anonymous classes Anonymous classes are unnamed classes that may be needed to relate other classes to each other through concepts like owl:unionOf. OWL Full completely supports anonymous classes while OWL DL only accepts anonymous classes if they are not in a domain-range, equivalent- or disjoint- relationship to other classes. OWL Lite supports anonymous classes in an even more limited way. All classes and sublasses need to be named before one is able to define relationships between them. This is completely acceptable for our purpose, as we define properties to have very clear origins and do not use classes to define their internal relations. 5.3. Non-transitive cardinality-restrictions: Non-transitive cardinality-restrictions are useful in situations where A relates to B but not the other way around. Here, it is not possible to express cardinalities of any kind. Restriction rules are also valid for modelling OWL DL ontologies. The following rules are only restrictions for OWL Lite but not for OWL DL: • Constructs like owl:oneOf, owl:disjointWith, owl:unionOf, owl:complementOf and owl:hasValue are not allowed. • Cardinality Expressions can only have the values 0 and 1. • owl:equivalentClass is only usable between named classes. For further information on the different dialects see12. 11 http://planetarium.hki.uni-koeln.de/planets_cms/sites/default/files/PC2D12D13PC4D7- 01.pdf 12 http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-features/ In opposite to the other OWL dialects OWL-Lite is also calculable in finite time. In the scope of PLANETS, the advantage of OWL Lite is that it doesn't allow the conceptual merging of individuals (entities) and classes. This means that in class hierarchies, subclasses are always still abstract concepts and can never be real – concrete – instances of classes – this supports the differentiation between a file-property itself (bitdepth) and the abstract concept of a property (imageproperty). This conceptual separation also allows for a specified kind of reasoning and is therefore well qualified for logical conclusions. Regarding logical conclusions, the Ontology can be queried by SPARQL services. This is helpful for advanced usage in the PLANETS-software Testbed and PLATO. 6. The Structure 6.1. The basic concepts: Preservation concepts and file properties as classes and individuals This section will describe the structure of the PLANETS-wide ontology. Concepts that are important in the context of preservation activities have been modelled as so- called classes (the appropriate OWL concept is owl:Class). By contrast, file properties have been constructed as so-called individuals (owl:Individual) that belong to a certain class (for example xcl:XCL_Properties). From this follows, that they are particular materialisations of an abstract concept. Still a file property is an abstract concept (e.g. imagewidth is an abstract concept, that is an instance of the class image-properties) in the PLANETS-Ontology. As a file property is already constructed as the lowest leaf within the hierarchical order of the Ontology, it cannot contain a concrete value for a certain files. It just states that a file of a certain type containes properties that can have values of a certain type. Individuals (i.e. file properties in the context of PLANETS) can relate to other individuals like measurement units that do apply to a certain file property. Additional information on the distinction between owl:Class and owl:Individual can be found in the W3C section "Design for Use" in the document "OWL Web Ontology Language Guide".13 6.2. Describing file properties with units and datatypes Other constructions are the aforementioned units or data types, because technical extractable properties like the width of an image (imagewidth) do have a data type like integer and units like pixels. Other properties do only have a data type and no unit. A good example is a file name that has string as its data type but no unit like centimetres (cm) or beats per minute (bpm). The constructions "datatype" and "unit" are modelled as an annotation property in OWL (owl:annotationProperty). Their instances (e.g.: bpm, cm, inch, em for unit or integer, string, bool for datatype) are also constructed as individuals because they are again particular instances of an abstract concept data types respectively units. Each Property can be associated with a unit and a datatype, if necessary, and intended in the original file-format. It can be helpful to define mapping-mechanisms between units like centimetre and inch through the OWL object property construction (owl:ObjectProperty). These are algorithms that have already been defined in the XCL-Ontology like the conversion from em to point (planets:em_to_point) or centimetres to pixel (planets:cm_to_pixel). 13 http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-guide-20040210/#DesignForUse PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 6.3. The concept of OWL:ObjectProperty Object properties will be used to define relations between PLANETS-properties. Although they carry a similar name, they will not be used to define PLANETS- properties themselves. The recommended usage in OWL is to map entities as referred to above. Object properties will also be used to map properties from different provenances to each other. This allows for managing redundancies. For example: The property for the color depth of an image is defined within the PLANETS- Subproject TB/3 (tb3:Color_depth). It can also be found within a lot of file-format- standards, like TIFF or JPEG. In this case, the counterpart of this property will be available in the XCL-Ontology, that already contains a lot of extractable Properties. These are already mapped by object properties to the XCL-naming-conventions. In this case the object property is called xcl:convertTo. This facilitates to use the same object property again to map the TB/3-Property tb3:Color_depth ("Describes the number of bits used to represent the colour of a single pixel; Can not be determined by visual inspection (you cannot simply see it) but only by a tool.") to the XCL-Property xcl:bitDepth which denotes the number of bits per colour. Unfortunately, this example illustrates one of the rare cases that do not require further attention in opposition to a property like an author of a certain source. There are several properties that need much more attention like the aforementioned property that denotes an author in PP2 (pp2:author). We still have to define relations that make it possible to link this property to a property like "Creator" because both properties can denote the same entity but do not necessarily. Therefore, the defined relationship has to interact with other relationships. "Author" and "creator" should be connected by a relation that indicates their sameness in some contexts (for example xcl:convertTo) but also by one that expresses their inequality in other contexts, which has not yet been defined. This example should clarify that properties need to be well defined to prevent the ontology from becoming inconsistent. Up to now, the particular ontologies have not undergone in-depth investigation regarding the aforementioned criteria. 7. The Terminology 7.1. Common understanding of "Property" and "Characteristic" Referring to the paper of Angela Dappert et al.14, we decide to denominate the entities found in file-formats as "properties", while concrete instances of these (a certain tangible value of a property in a certain file) are called "characteristics". As all the ontologies subsumed in the PLANETS-ontology are abstract concepts of properties (i.e. they don't carry any concrete values for certain files), the term to be used within these ontologies is always "property". 7.2. Observational and Extractable in the Planets Ontology To find a common understanding of properties worth maintaining, we have identified two categories. By categorizing file- and environmental properties as "extractable" and "observational", the user-experience of a file should be preserved. 14 Angela Dappert and Adam Farquhar: Significant Properties, Characteristics, or Requirements. Page 3 PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION During the investigation of properties in the PLANETS project, the category "extractable" was brought up by software like the XCL-Extractor. Referring to this strategy of extracting properties a terminology problem emerged, on how to name properties, which are not extractable by software. We decided to call these "Observational". In order to find a clear structure on which to map properties to in the Ontology both terms needed a clearer definition. 7.3. Definition of Extractable Properties A property falls in the category "extractable, if it is kept within a file and can be extracted by a common peace of software. In contrast, there exist other properties that relate to a file but are not stored within the file. Therefore, they are not easily extractable. The latter fall in the category "observation" which is also referred to as "observable". However, both denote the same thing. A property such as "image-resolution" clearly is extractable – its value can be drawn from a file's bit stream itself. Additionally, the resolution of an image is clearly not observable; a human eye can't measure that an image has the exact resolution of 300 dpi. If any the human observer can only judge whether image 1 has a higher resolution than image 2 or not. On the other hand, one could argument that a human observer will consult software like Photoshop to figure out the resolution of an image. But in this case, it is clear that the software still extracts the resolution – the human observer still has to rely on the software that informs about the value of the resolution. In some cases it is difficult to define and distinguish these categories. One example for why it is so difficult to define the category "extractable" is the property "operation system". In general, one would assume that information about the file-system on which a file was produced could be easily extracted by software. Files can be produced in a lot of file-formats on different kinds of operating systems. Most file formats do not store that information and the operating system cannot be considered to be "extractable" in the sense of the narrow definition. The following two examples should help to better understand the distinction. Neither PDF nor TIFF and JPG store information about the operating system context according to their format-specifications. But there surely exist file-formats – in most cases metadata formats – that store that information, these are for example: The NISO-standard for describing images. This standard stores a property called hostComputer, which is described as "Computer and/or operating system in use at the time of image creation." So we can assume, that in the case of a NISO-MIX-file information about the creating operating system is extractable. Another example is the property that represents the quality of an image. If we define the category "extractable" wide enough, we could find a piece of software that is able to identify the quality of an image and encode it as a value on a certain scale by measuring the grain size within areas of an image. Still, this property, image-quality, heavily depends on what criteria it is measured with and by which piece of software it is extracted. Usually a COMMON15 image-rendering programme is not able to decide how high the quality of an image is, nor do file-formats for images store this information within themselves. Therefore, we consider the image quality to be not "extractable" but rather "observable" by a human. And therefore it belongs to the category "observational". 15 We define common software to be a programme that can be operated by an average computer-user (e.g. no command-line-tools) PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 7.4. Definition of Observational Properties "Observational" properties are properties that relate to files but are not stored within the files and are therefore often not "extractable". An example for this category of properties is clearly the above described image quality as well as information about the regulation of legal access. This property could contain any information about a license or regulation connected to the access to a file and is important in a preservation context within an organisation. Still there is no common software that is able to extract this information neither from a file nor from the software environment. There are cases where it is not so easy to decide whether a property is "observational" or "extractable". As shown above, the quality of an image can be an example for conflicts; another one is page number information in text files. Obviously, a human observer can comprehend a page number. And it can be extracted by software in certain cases. For example, file formats from the Microsoft Office-family, like DOC, DOCX or RTF store information about page numbers in a certain field for each page. This field usually contains the integer-value that is interpreted as page-number. But a file-format like PDF does not store structural information like heads, subheads, chapters or page-numbers as properties. Within a PDF document a page-number (=the number on the page itself) is not interpreted as a page-number but as just another text-field with the coordinates in the bottom of the page. The problem of unsynchronised page-numbers in PDF is known. However, there is still no software that would be able to solve that problem. Therefore, page numbers are only "observational" for PDF documents but can also be "extractable" for other formats like MS Office files. 7.5. Approach to Terminological Problems 7.5.1. Observational vs. Extractable One approach to the terminological problems that have been described is to define the categories "observational" and "extractable" as not being mutually exclusive. The definition should aim at helping the operator of preservation-software to decide whether he should use software to compare properties or whether he should compare properties manually. He can rely on software if the property is "extractable" and needs to allocate human resources if a property is "observational". To put it in a nutshell, we constitute that a property is "extractable" if it is kept within a file and is extractable by a COMMON piece of software. Within the Planets Ontology the properties in those two categories will therefore have no disjunctive relation but rather the relation of an intersection. 7.5.2. Rendering properties The advantage of the Planets-ontology is that it can explicitly define, which software is able to extract properties from files. One could model the perceived quality of an image as a property that belongs to the class for properties relating to graphics and leave it at that. Additionally, since OWL supports multiple inheritance, this property could also belong to a further class for properties that can only be extracted after rendering a file. But by making use of object properties more complex coherences can be modelled that better reflect how certain properties work. The property that represents the image quality could be further refined within the ontology to express that it is extractable with a certain software or algorithm and is related to the current graphic board of the local computer. PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION By advancing this approach, the ontology could become a knowledge base that helps software to assess whether it is possible to extract a property and under which circumstances. The technique described is planned for being implemented into the XCL-Ontology and will be integrated in the PLANETS-ontology as well. This will allow file creators to construct detailed statements about properties and their interactions with software. The class that holds properties that depend on a file to be rendered will be modelled parallel to "observational" and "extractable" properties. Thus, they inherit from the same class that holds file properties (planets:FileProperty). Time will tell if this construction is sufficient for future use cases or if further discussion needs to take place for better clarification. But ontologies tend to be flexible in adopting changes, which can easily be made by moving subclasses to different levels within the class hierarchy. 7.5.3.Performance Properties In the area of software engineering performance is defined as the ability of a software environment to conduct certain tasks within a certain amount of time and according to other criteria like synchronicity, non-intermittent duty. Apart from the information stored within a file, there is additional information needed to calculate statements about the "performance" of files/software/operation systems like the processor-type, the amount of other programs running on the machine at the same time etc. Regarding all these criteria, that are needed to extract the performance of a certain piece of software we can consider that software, that measures performance is a) not common in use and b) the information about performance properties is not contained in the objects themselves. "Performance properties" are rather a subclass of "Observational" properties in the context of the Ontology but will be treated the same way as "Rendering Properties". At the monent it is not foreseeable to which extent these properties will be dicussed within the last months of PLANETS. 8. Technical documentation 8.1. The Planets-Ontology as a whole The PLANETS-ontology is modelled in OWL-Lite but does contain only a very few individuals (PLANETS file properties) itself, because these are integrated from different dependent ontologies. The ontology itself contains the basic class structure that incorporates different kinds of properties for different purposes as described in the several Planets sub-projects and in the terminology chapter in this paper. A screenshot of the class structure of the Planets-Ontology: PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION The efforts of each sub-project that have been mentioned in chapter 3 have been modelled as an individual OWL-file. Each file shares the same design principles where properties have been modelled as members of subclasses. The sub classes in these project-specific ontologies have been constructed according to their description in the subprojects. The specific ontologies are aligned with the PLANETS-wide ontology by mapping project specific classes to their global correspondents. As this is not possible with all classes, some properties (individuals) have to be manually asserted to new classes, like the to categories "extractable properties" and "observable properties". Determined by its historical development one of the PLANETS-wide concepts, the units and data types will be kept in the XCL-Ontology, to maintain its independence as a single file. But still these concepts can be used within the whole PLANETS- ontology and the other project-specific ontologies without having to declare them again. This is done through the mechanism of incorporation of other ontologies: The ontology that has been generated from information in TB/3, for example, includes the XCL-Ontology. By exploiting this mechanism, units and data types that have been defined in XCL can also be used in TB3. This case might explain why the provenance of properties influences the structure of it. PLANETS PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 8.2. PLATO issues The provenance of properties did raise some questions while aligning the PLATO- ontology to the PLANETS-ontology. PLATO offers certain properties to a user to let him assign a priority value to it for the later execution of a preservation plan. The provenance of these properties has never been completely clarified. Some of them certainly stem from XCL (because Plato uses the XCL-Comperator); others remind of planning-properties, which have been discussed within PP/2 – again, others seem to be new. Therefore, we decided to include only the properties exclusively found in PLATO. These comprise for example properties that have been defined to describe console video games. Others have been omitted to avoid redundancies. The Ontology will be stored at http://gforge.planets-project.eu/svn/xcltools/trunk/ PLANETS_Ontology/ until the end of the project16. It will be edited with protegé 4.0 Beta. Some documentation has been put on-line as interlinked html-pages at "http://planetarium.hki.uni-koeln.de/planets_cms/ontology/owlDoc/index.html". 9. Outlook Within the ontologies, all properties will be arranged into the classes "extractable" and "observable" and – depending on the ongoing discussions – into "rendering". Then, they will be checked for redundancies with respect to their semantics. Three environments have been identified where the ontology will be useful: • XCL, PLATO and Testbed have already incorporated the ontology into their software to support certain actions. For example, the extractor tool of XCL consults the ontology to derive canonical names for file properties. • Therefore, these projects will act as test cases for further development according to the user scenario document. 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CLEVELAND -- Power forward Ryan Kelly had a career-high 26 points to propel the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 119-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena. The Lakers were so banged up by the end of the game they had no reserves left on the bench, and center Robert Sacre was allowed to play with six personal fouls. The Lakers put on a dazzling shooting display from behind the arc. They made 18 of 37 3-pointers, compared to the Cavaliers 5 of 33. The Lakers (17-32) were leading by 18 after three quarters, 98-80, then had to hold on for dear life. A clutch 3-pointer by guard Steve Blake with 56.7 seconds left iced the contest. He had a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and a game-high 15 assists. The Cavaliers (16-33) cut a 29-point, first-half deficit to eight points in the fourth, but couldn't get any closer. Guard C.J. Miles had a game-high 27 points for the Cavaliers, who have now lost six in a row, as well as eight of their last nine. Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao added 15 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. The Lakers came to town riding a seven-game losing streak. They were playing on the tail end of a road back-to-back. They dressed only eight players because of injuries. Yet, they throttled the Cavaliers in the first half, 70-49. The 70 points tied for the most the Cavaliers have allowed in a half this. They had three players with 20 or more points. Guard Jordan Farmar added 21 points and eight assists, while forward Wesley Johnson added 20 points and nine rebounds. The Lakers dressed eight players. Seven of them scored in double figures. The only one that did not, guard Nick Young, left the game with a twisted left knee in the first half and did not return. Cavaliers forward Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 draft, had 14 points and eight rebounds. Forward Tristan Thompson added 13 points and eight rebounds. The Lakers extended their lead to 29 points midway through the second quarter. But they just couldn't stop the Lakers from getting easy baskets. Farmar was scorching hot with 19 points in the first half. He converted five-of-six 3-point goals. The Lakers shot 71.4 percent from the field in the first quarter, as they jumped out to a commanding 36-17 lead. Johnson almost outscored the Cavs himself with 15 points. Blake, who burst his eardrum in Minnesota on Tuesday, dished out eight assists in the first quarter. The Cavaliers had just four. NOTES: Former Cavaliers legend Austin Carr's No. 34 banner has been replaced in the rafters of Quicken Loans Arena. It mysteriously disappeared sometime after the wrestling event and before the New Orleans game on Jan. 28. The Cavs replaced the banner in time for Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. ... Lakers G Manny Harris' second 10-day contract expired on Tuesday in Minnesota. The Lakers either had to sign him for the rest of the season or kick him loose. They chose the latter. He had 19 points and eight rebounds against the Timberwolves. ... Harris had two stints with the Cavs in 2010-11 and 2011-12. ... The Cavs need locker-room leaders in the worst way. G Jarrett Jack might be turning into that guy. "He's probably our most vocal guy," coach Mike Brown said. "His communication skills on both ends of the floor have been pretty good." ... Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni wouldn't say his team was snake bit with injuries. "We can play better," he said. "We're not concentrating on the other things. We have to stay positive." It seems as if D'Antoni changes his starting lineup on a daily basis. He started Jordan Farmar and Steve Blake in the backcourt, Ryan Kelly and Wesley Johnson at forwards and Robert Sacre at center. Missing are Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash, among others. ... Blake suffered a burst ear drum recently. "I just can't talk to him on the left side," D'Antoni joked. "He's fine." ... Future Hall of Fame G Steve Nash was held out of the game because it was the second night of a back-to-back. ... There are no minutes restrictions on Cavs G Anderson Varejao, who has returned from a hyperextended left knee.
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bet he's wrote a few 'i have your daughter' kidnap letters with those gloves :P
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Open Networking Summit (ONS) features two NTT Com leaders and OpenFlow switch demo
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the data, cloud and international communications business within NTT (NYSE: NTT), today announced the company's engagement at ONS 2014 in Santa Clara, CA follows a year of continued commercial deployment of its SDN services, recognition and awards for its SDN solutions, and premier customer wins for its SDN-based Enterprise Cloud. Read More
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Premier event features two NTT Com leaders and OpenFlow switch demo
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the data, cloud and international communications business within NTT (NYSE: NTT), today announced the details of its participation in the Open Networking Summit (ONS) in Santa Clara, CA, highlighting its leading role in software-defined networking (SDN)-based network transformation. NTT Com Senior Vice President of Service Infrastructure Yukio Ito will speak on SDN at NTT Com and collaborative initiatives to accelerate SDN adoption. NTT America's Senior Solutions Engineer Todd Ridgway will give a talk on leveraging SDN to deliver innovative and differentiated cloud services to enterprises. NTT Com will also demonstrate an OpenFlow communications protocol-based system architecture, a high-performance OpenFlow switch, and an OpenFlow validator. Read More
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the data, cloud and international communications business within NTT (NYSE: NTT), today announced NTT Communications Cloud Recovery has received the highest score for product rating in Gartner's "Critical Capabilities for Recovery as a Service1" report G00247389, published 7 November 2013. Read More
NTT Com to Acquire 80% Stake in RagingWire Data Centers
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT (NYSE:NTT), and RagingWire Data Centers (RagingWire), a leading provider of data center services in the United States, jointly announced that NTT Com will acquire approximately 80% equity interest in RagingWire for $350 million (USD). Read More
NTT Com Agrees to Wholly Acquire Virtela, A Leading Cloud Networking Provider
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AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 28 Auburn men's tennis team faces a quick turnaround as the Tigers host in-state foe Troy on Tuesday afternoon at the City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis Center. The midweek match is set to begin at 2 p.m. and wraps up a three-match homestand to begin to the 2014 season. Admission is free to all Auburn home tennis matches. Living scoring will be available through AuburnTigers.com and fans can also follow along on Twitter by following @MensTennisAU for updates throughout the match. "Troy is a good team and it will be a good match leading into (National) Indoor qualifers, so I expect we will have to be firing on all cylinders," Auburn head coach Eric Shore said. "Hopefully, we can keep building on what happed against Jacksonville State and Mercer." Auburn (2-0) enter Tuesday's tilt after sweeping past Jacksonville State and Mercer on Sunday with identical 7-0 scores. The Tigers dropped just one set between the two matches. Troy (0-1) fell in its first match of the year at No. 33 Alabama on Saturday. The Trojans face Florida State and Florida A&M on Monday, before facing the Tigers on Tuesday afternoon. Last season, Auburn defeated Troy 7-0 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center as the Trojans finished the 2013 season with an 8-17 record. The Tigers are 19-2 all-time against Troy in dual match play, winning 19 straight matches in a series that date back to 1956. For complete coverage on the Auburn men's tennis team, visit AuburnTigers.com, follow @MensTennisAU on Twitter and `like' the Auburn Men's Tennis page on Facebook.


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NFL Now Comes to Apple TV
Rumor had it that the NFL's new Online Network, NFL Now, would be coming to Apple TV. As of today, it's no longer a rumor, it's live… now! Continue Reading >
Rumor had it that the NFL's new Online Network, NFL Now, would be coming to Apple TV. As of today, it's no longer a rumor, it's live… now! Continue Reading >
NFL Game Rewind has just added a very cool new feature to it's mobile and tablet apps: the ability to download games to your device and watch them offline. Continue Reading >
The NFL's new "Online Network" NFL launched recently and is currently available online, via mobile app, and a few TV connected devices. After spending some time getting better acquainted with the product, here are my thoughts. Continue Reading >
Now you can relive all the action from past NFL games while you are on the go with your the new NFL Game Rewind app for the iPhone. Continue Reading >
Over the last few years, Verizon Wireless customers could stream NFL Sunday Night, Monday Night, and Thursday Night games to their mobile phone for a $5/month charge. Verizon has announced that customers with their "More Everything" plans will now get access to those live streaming games for free. Continue Reading >
If you read this site, you know that for several years NFL Sunday Ticket has very quietly been available online to fans who cannot get DirecTV at there address due to line of site or other residential rules. DirecTV recently announced NFLSundayTicket.TV, which adds availability to certain college students and to people living in the Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco metro areas. Continue Reading >
Imagine flopping down on your couch on Sunday afternoons and watching your favorite NFL team… on YouTube?!? That's a possibility according to a report by the investment analysis group Moody's. Continue Reading >
NFL announce a new online streaming "network" during the lead up to the Super Bowl. There has been a lot of vagueness about what it is. Here's our attempt to sift through the info tell you what we expect. Continue Reading >
AT&T subscribers got a bit of potentially promising news this week when AT&T, which is planning a merger with DirecTV, announced that they may offer NFL Sunday Ticket to it's mobile customers. Continue Reading >
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Indicates that a domain object is intended to be used as a view model.
public interface ViewModel {
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is called by the framework, to obtain a memento of the view model. Typically this will be the identifier of a backing domain entity, but it could also be an arbitrary string, for example a bunch of JSON.
is called by the framework so that the view model may recreate its state in a subsequent call (using the memento that the framework obtained from
Used in the example todo app, for example the ToDoAppDashboard that is rendered on the home page.
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Sarasota County sheriff's deputies are asking for the public help in locating a home-invasion suspect.
The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday at the Phillippi Shores Village apartments, 1860 Phillippi Shores Drive.
The victims say they let an acquaintance in their apartment, and he pulled out a gun and demanded money and prescription drugs.
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Went to dinner with my parents, my brother, and his family last night
It was nice to reconnect. The kids are snarky teenagers now, and have incredible senses of humor. They're confident and happy. My mom was awful to both of them, but they couldn't be bothered to care.
What gets to me the most is the false sincerity. Sometimes she will look at her grandchildren with such love and affection that she almost seems normal. Yesterday she was looking at my niece and smiling, saying something about when she was a little girl. Then, out of nowhere, she was angry. "I AM TALKING TO YOU. LOOK AT ME." She hadn't addressed Sami, and she had actually been talking to Jim and I about what Sami was like when she was little, but apparently Sami had missed some sort of cue to look at her grandmother with sheepish adoration.
She looked up at her. My mom kept smiling her false smile. Sami said, "Is there more?" My mom said no, and Sami turned her attention back to her dinner.
More than anything, I'm sad for her. She has an awesome family. Three kids, four grandkids, all bright and funny and a joy to spend time with (it's taken me 40 years to feel comfortable saying things like that about myself), but she's unable to recognize it and enjoy our company. She's so wrapped up inside her mind with her own warped story that she's missed all the good stuff. And she's hurt us so much that it might be too late to change it. I try not to think about how that must feel, because it hurts. I'm not sure if she's even aware. I hope not.


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Future Rock Band DLC only works in Rock Band 3
New authoring standards means they won't be backwards compatible.
Rock Band to reach 2,000 song milestone next week
Jimi Hendrix's 'Are You Experienced?' will be the 2,000th.
Rock Band 3 Pro Mode guitar tracks to cost an extra $1
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Personal Best: Q&A With Mayim Bialik
To say it's been a busy couple of years for Mayim Bialik is an understatement. Perhaps still best-known for her starring role on the perky '90s sitcom "Blossom," Bialik, 37, has not only resurrected her acting career by playing Amy on the CBS hit show "The Big Bang Theory," but is raising two boys, ages 7 and 4, and writing books (Beyond the Sling, about her method of attachment parenting, came out in 2012; a vegan cookbook comes out this fall). She also blogs about the intersection of love, life, and Jewish parenting for the web site Kveller.
She's become known for her strong Jewish faith and adherence to certain traditional practices. She keeps kosher and prefers a very un-Hollywood form of modest dressing, covering her arms and legs, for instance. She also eats a strictly vegan diet. Whether she's scouring her kitchen with vinegar or extolling the virtues of a meatless diet, somehow Bialik makes everything she does look fresh and easy.
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By Amy Engeler At 3 a.m., with all the houses dark up and down her winding suburban street in West Warwick, Rhode Island, Jo-Ann Frey, 37, lights a candle so she can see well enough to dust her furniture. Careful not to turn on any lights or make noise that might wake up her family, she drifts from room to room with her candle and cleaning supplies, waiting until she feels sleepy enough to climb back into bed. That feeling doesn't come -- and when she hears the alarm in the bedroom go off...
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1. Desert-Island Foods
"Avocados, bananas, almonds, some sort of nut butter (almond, sunflower), and dark green leafy veggies, such as kale, mustard greens, or spinach."
2. Guilty Pleasures
"I so indulge, though! I eat fries, chocolate, maybe even a Coke … once a week my boys and I have a day where we have something that we normally don't. If I really feel like I need to drop a pound or two, I'll maybe just nix that weekly Coke. That'll do it."
3. Hitting Reset
"Every so often I will do a 'flush' -- where I cut out all processed foods for a few days, and so that my digestive system and my taste buds sort of "reset" themselves. It's not fancy. I simply eat only fruits and veggies and avoid all things processed, white foods, and sugars. Slowly I'll add things back in, starting with unprocessed soy, then raw nuts, and then simple dishes with just two or three ingredients."
4. Skin Secrets
"I wear so little makeup when I'm not working, but I do stick to vegan products that have no parabens and no fragrance. Aveda makes some of my favorites -- I love this one balancing oil they make."
5. Fit Tricks
"I recently took up jogging, and while I am not quite a marathoner yet -- I generally do about 2 miles these days -- I do find it relaxing. I also lift weights, which helps me maintain muscle."
6. Stress (and Dust) Busting
"I don't watch much TV (except for WWII documentaries, lately), but I do find cleaning relaxing. Give me a few hours to myself with a bottle of Dr. Bronner's soap, some plain vinegar, and my microfiber cloth, and I will clean my whole house -- totally healthfully and naturally. I don't clean with any chemicals I wouldn't want my kids around."


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Rough first day of Patriots camp for Tebow
FOXBORO – Well, at least he kept his shirt on.
During a rainy opening practice at Gillette Stadium, Tim Tebow struggled to make decisions quickly and – when the decisions were made – struggled to deliver the ball accurately.
Tebow, working as the third quarterback except for a rep or two in a drill designed for linebacker pursuit, was picked off twice during the session.
The number of interceptions wasn't as relevant as the nature of the picks. On the first, Tebow threw to the middle of the field during an 11-on-11 drill and was intercepted by safety Nate Ebner. There was a receiver far to Ebner's left, but Tebow missed by so much, Ebner glided to his left to make the interception. On the other pick, Tebow was intercepted by defensive end Chandler Jones on a checkdown throw to the perimeter of the defense. Tebow also bounced a pass to the sideline about 10 yards short of his target.
With the Patriots practicing in shorts and shells, the tempo was brisk but not breakneck. Many of the drills during the 135-minute practice were against air or shadow defense. There was no contact.
Despite that, Tebow was exceptionally indecisive during a 7-on-7 drill in which he twice held the ball close to five seconds. Once he got rid of the ball on a checkdown, the other time, he tucked the ball and ran as the Patriots defenders hooted at the fact the defense covered well enough to make Tebow run with it.
After that rep, offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels went over to Tebow and gave him some counsel, concluding with a butt-slap. Tebow wasn't a complete disaster. There were reps he took that looked the way they are designed to. But he did nothing exceptionally well and the aforementioned plays were remarkably bad.
Post-practice, Tebow was inundated by reporters.
His impression after his first camp practice?
"It was fun," he offered. "It was a lot of fun to get out here and start practice. I feel like I've gotten better."
While there was a ripple of conversation in the media when Tebow caught a pass, the context in which he caught it is important.
It was a brief drill that lasted about two minutes. The quarterback would throw to a receiver facing him positioned about 6 yards away. The receiver would then turn and head upfield as a linebacker came on an angle to give pursuit. It was a drill designed almost completely for defenders. Any player could have run the pattern, Tebow – as third quarterback – had time on his hands with Tom Brady throwing to one group and Ryan Mallett to the other.
"I'm doing what I'm asked but so far I've been strictly in the quarterback room," Tebow answered when asked if he'd been working at other positions.
As for his feelings on the arrest of former Florida teammate Aaron Hernandez, Tebow replied, "It was heartbreaking and it was sad. We've been advised a couple of times not to comment on ongoing legal investigations. I'm not going to comment further but all my thoughts and prayers go out to all the families that were involved."
Pressed further, Tebow answered, "I understand why you have to ask the questions. It's part of doing your job. And mine is listening to instructions."


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Quiet ( a meulin/kurloz fic )Small fingers kneaded softly into his chest, claws snagging in the fabric of his shirt slightly from time to time and scratching lightly at his chest. She purred softly, just a soft sound rumbling slightly at the back of her throat. She's curled up in his lap like a pretzel, head on his shoulder but turned to watch the TV. Some old movie was on, sub titles flashing past just slowly enough for her to make out. A soft smile was dawned on her face, body covered in one of his over-sized hoodies with the normal skeleton theme to it. And she totally didn't steal it from him. There was no chance of that ever happening. Ever.He winced just a tad noticably, prying her hands away and a soft whine from the girl."Meu, love, cut it the motherfuck out." He signed, his hands slowly forming the letters and words, gaining a small nod of her head, massive load of black locks brushing againt his cheek feather light. His shoulders shook a small bit for a moment or two as he silently chuckled at her reac
Young Love and Girl Cooties (Ch. 1)Your name is Kurloz Makara, you're six years old and your best friend's name is Meulin Leijon.You don't know how long you two have known each other for, but you know that she's your mother- er, monky flippin' best friend in the whole entire worldShe's pretty too, she has really long brown hair like the princesses in the movies you watch at her house but with green hair clips scattered in it along with some strands of grass and leaves that fell in, and she has bright olive green coloured eyes. She's always wearing a girly black skirt that flies around her when she spins around and around in circles, and it's funny to watch her do that, unless she falls, that's not funny at all. Her laugh is really loud, too, not that you mind that much, but sometimes you wish you could laugh and yell like she does sometimes when you guys run around with your friends on the school yard, but it's really no use to even try, but you do sometimes but no real words come out of your mouth. For now you think
Young Love and Girl Cooties (Ch. 3)Your name is Kurloz Makara, you're nine years old and you're now the weird kid.At least, that's what everyone else says.You have Meulin and Mituna and Latula though! But Meulin's deaf and basically just as weird as you according to some of the other kids, and she can't hear some of them who sometimes talk about her behind her back saying things like she dresses like a baby and she needs to grow up more and stop being freakily obsessed over cats and other dumb things. But you don't mind if she dresses the way she does or if she acts a little immature compared to them or if she loves cats! You have never minded. That's what makes Meulin, Meulin! Mituna is different too and gets made fun of by Cronus mostly even if he denies it. He's autistic, but you don't mind one bit and you treat him just the same as you do with everyone else! Latula is normal like the rest, but she still hangs with you, Meulin, and Mituna and she's really quite rad! Well that's what she says, but you agree with her
Young Love and Girl Cooties (Ch. 2)Your name is Meulin Leijon, you're six years old and your best friend is Kurloz Makara.You're waiting outside at his front door on the highest and last cement step and you're raising yourself right up on the very top of your tippy toes and lowering yourself back down over and over as you wait. There's a large and almost bare tree beside you and a few burnt coloured leaves fall and end up tangling themselves up in your hair and your nimble fingers work to pull them out one by one. They crunch under your fingers and the crumpled bits fly off with the wind and end up losing themselves in the slightly overgrown grass of his front yard. Your black pleated skirt is poofing up around you then pulling itself back against your legs due to the chilly wind so you pull your pink hoodie closer around yourself and smile even wider. You like this hoodie, it's big and warm and has a big pink heart on the front of it which you think is really cute. You click your shoe toe on the pavement softly as you
Young Love and Girl Cooties (Ch. 4)Your name is Meulin Leijon, you're eight (almost nine!) years old and even if he's the weird kid, Kurloz Makara is still you best friend.Due to problems in your class in school, your mother has suggested you going to special classes due to your deafness so you could learn and concentrate better. It's not your fault that sometimes the teacher's lips move way too fast for you to read and catch on properly or if your friends and classmates chatter away carelessly and the motions of their lips catch you attention and you end up just getting caught up with them! You threw a fit and cried and screamed after she said that she was going to set you up in a different school, but after seeing what you did and how distraut you seemed to be at the idea, she quickly discarded of it and just hired you an extra tutor. She also had a small meeting with your teacher to discuss lesson plans and what to do with how fast she teaches and the communication with the other students. You didn't go with, you we
You're John Egbert. They think you're crazy.You're John Egbert. You and your three best friends just won the game. The humans and trolls both got their wishes granted... home. You wake up. It's April 13th, your birthday. The day you started playing the game years ago."We won." You say, your voice quiet, the thought sinking deeper."WE WON!" You pump your fists triumphantly in the air. You've almost on the verge of crying tears of joy.You guys truly made it through. Beat Jack, made it through the Scratch, made it through everything.You grab your glasses and run downstairs. Dad's in the kitchen baking. You don't care. You charge in and pull him into a big hug."I missed you so much, Dad! I love you." He shoots you a confused expression.He chuckles lightly. "But you only went to sleep... Anywho, happy 13th birthday, son."Happy 13th birthday? Okay... maybe the earth reset back to the day you started playing. So you could live the life you missed in the game. Yeah, that's it."Dad... I beat the game. Rose, Dave, Jade and I beat
Could She?The last of a bottle dripped into her glass, she chugged it back easily and quickly. Her throat hurt.Her eyes burned with growing tears, just takeanother swig of the alcohol she relied on for almosteverything. She grabbed another bottle she had stashed and popped it open, taking another sip just likethat.The word 'failure' swam through her thoughts. More and more alcohol consumed at every word she thought ofand going through her system. It was numbing. So she drank more and more, just pushing away the thoughts.The sadness she felt just faded into a blur as she took another wobbly step. Roxy woke up hours later, mind still swimming and head pounding. Her breath and room smelt strongly ofalcohol. Discarded bottles and glasses were scattered around her on the floor of her room. Her cheekswere still stained with tears, her eyes puffy and red.She WAS a failure, she disappointed everybody, drank to get rid of the problems, nobody loved her. Thethoughts roamed freely thr
But He Doesn't MindIt wasn't long after not having connection with the two that he realizedthat he missed them alot. He didn't have connection with them, nor did theyhave connection with him.Dave paced back and forth on the meteor, waiting impatiently for his friends to break through the forth wall. It`s been three years. Past three years, actually. It`s been 3 years, 1 week, 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 29 seconds. Maybe they died, maybe they can`t break through. Dave stopped in his tracks.The threes years had sucked. They were boring. Trolls bitching, whining, complaining, Terezi always on him and licking him, Rose trying to boss everybody around, it was horrible. They killed Jack, though. Now they were all waiting for John and Jade to join up.He sighed. He began to walk away to one of the labs they'd transformed into bedrooms, heading for his room. CRASH. What the flying fuck? His head shot in the direction of the sound, he was lucky he didn't give himself whiplash.There they were. John pushed himse
Movies Are Boring, AnywaysIt's only 20 minutes in but it hurts her head if she tries her hardest to remember the title of the shitty movie she had drunkenly rented for the two of them. It doesn't matter much to her, though, as she's barely even watching the film. Plus, she was far too comfy in her position, wrapped up in a paw print blanket on the old couch, to stride half way across the room to look at the DVD cover. So, she stays where she is, eyes half-lidded and mumbling half coherent opinions about the bits and pieces of the movie she can fully comprehend fully at the moment.He had just stolen away the bottle of vodka she was sipping back on from her and watched as she did grabby-hands and whined like a little kid who just got their teddy bear ripped away from them after nap time. She stuck her bottom lip out in a pout and crossed her pale arms over her chest, Dirk's oversized hoodie bunching up at the elbows. He just smirked, shaking his head softly as strolled into her kitchen, receiving a glass of wate
Meulin and Kurloz Oh Gog it hurt. My ears, they're aching. There's silence, I can't hear a thing. A blurry figure appeared before my eyes. I blinked once to get my eyes to focus. I don't understand, whats happening? My eyes focused on the figure before me and I realized who it was, Kurloz. A familiar face, thank goodness. "K-k-kurloz?" I said, or at least tried to say, either I couldn't get the words out, or I just can't hear them. I'm going to have to hope it was I couldn't get the words out. His mouth is moving, but I can't hear him. Is he speaking to me? He looks worried, I wonder why. Dimly, I notice something warm and sticky trickling down my neck. Kurloz's hand touches the side of my face. When he pulls back I see blood on his hand. Blood? Am I bleeding? I don't understand, what's happening? His mouth is moving again but I still can't hear him. "Speak louder.. I ... I can't.." I say or am trying but I still can't hear. It's about then I realize what'
Gleeful Tickles Bonk! "( =^w^= ) < And I also ship Laturrla and Mitunafish!" She purrs happily as her fingers rapidly type on her laptop. Her stomach lies comfortably on your lap, her long fluffy tail swishing and swooshing even sometimes unwarily slapping your white-painted face. You huff out a low sigh. If her tail ever tickles your nose again, you will eventually lose your motherfucking nose for sneezing for the 15th time. "( =OwO= ) < OH OH AND MEENAH AND ARANEA ARE PURRFECT TOGEFUR TOO!" Bonk! Her tail swishes faster, its blue fur even standing upright from the constant feeling attack. Bonk! Bonk! You can only purse your lips in patience as her tail begins to rapidly slap your face. "( =OwO= ) < OHHH AND THIS SHIP NEEDS LURF TOO FHSJAHDSJ!" BONK! BAP! BIP! The more she squeals, the faster her tail hits your face. You swear if this keeps o
Nepeta: S33k the highblood part 1They were in the robot pile. She was laughing at him, watching him begin sweating after she told him about her idea for role-playing as the other. She was serious and he knew that, but still, she laughed.Nepeta scooted closer to Equius. She pawed at him and started to purr. "Purrlease, Equius?" she asked in her adorable cat voice. "I think it'd be a great idea!""No. Why would you even suggest that we part take in such a lewd act?" She stuck out her tongue, at his horror, and laughed again when she opened her eyes to see his face. "Nepeta, do not do t-that LEWD act again, I command you." She shrugged and leaned on him. He tensed up immediately.She sighed again. He was always so scared he would hurt her. She knew that he was strong, but he's only hurt her once and that wasn't even his fault! If he hadn't, she would have died and he knew that. All the same, he apologized proficiently and was sweating to the point where he would soak a towel if he patted his face with it.He carefully l
The Perfect PlanIt starts simply. Nepeta rushing through the halls between classes, knowing she's going to be late and fearful of getting a detentionwhich her best friend Equius would never approve ofso she was more barreling through the empty halls rather than anything else. The halls are empty, emptying at least, and so it's pretty much a clear shot down the hall, around the corner, and into the room. Except a clear shot isn't quite what she gets. Instead as she reaches the corner there is a collision. Her body slamming hard against another person she hadn't even seen as she rounded the corner. They both fall, their books going everywhere, and her stammering out apologies. There is another voice though, also apologizing, though with less vim than she managed. It was a voice she recognized, a voice she loved hearing, that she could pick out over the din of a busy hallway. The voice of the guy she's had a crush on for months, years even. His name was Karkat Vantas, and Nepeta Leijon was
A Failed Moirail You could never touch her. Or anyone else really, but she was most important. She who could calm you, she who would not tell you how disgusting the frequent sweating was, she who allowed you to see that the world didn't have to be black and white- it could be many shades of grey. She took your rules and tossed them, showing you it was okay to step outside them once in a while. She taught you that smiling is possible. That it can be worth it to talk to the lower bloods- even if you debated it with her. She was your one and only moirail, and you are afraid you will never see her again. Unlike her, you couldn't teach anything. You were not emotionally helpful, you couldn't get her to take your rules and realize them as truth, and you couldn't teach her to be strong- she already was. You could only offer her a roleplaying partner when there were no others- a last resort of sorts. You tried to guide her, to lead her away from the filthy beast
Almost Lover- AlmostToday isn't a day to let your emotions get the best of you. You need to stay focused and keep your mind on the goal: making this the best fucking birthday for you best friend's son, Karson. You're his Godfather, and you need to pull your shit together. You can't let Karkat down by not showing his motherfucking kid a good time. Karkat's not here to do it himself.He's dead.Your hand grips tighter on the steering wheel of your small, black Honda. Karkat's dead and he's never coming back, unless, that is, the zombie apocalypse happens. You're pretty sure it won't though. You would never let Karson get his brains eaten by zombies; it just isn't fair for a ten year old. It's also unfair that both of his parents are motherfucking dead.Karkat and Terezi died in a house fire two years ago. You had been twenty five at the time and Karson was only eight. An eight year old. Just a fucking sweet, innocent eight year old forced to endure the flames in the house fire until the fire tru
Insomnia Works Best When You Don't SleepThis is exactly why you don't sleep. The dreams are more dreadful than a few days of staying awake with your mind playing annoying tricks on you. If you don't sleep for a certain amount of days, your body actually starts to go numb and that's a fucking blessing all on its own. You don't have to feel the pain of Gamzee's sober hand dragging its long nails down your torso, or the cuffs that you always wear digging further into your wrists. Dream bubbles do much, much worse.You have fallen asleep a few times because sleep is inevitable, and each time you regret it and tell yourself that you won't do it again. You really need to stop promising yourself these things, they're never going to come true. If you don't go to sleep yourself, Gamzee will do it for you. All he needs to do is put a hand on your throat and keep it there for a couple minutes and you're out. You have no say in things like this; he's the one in control. He never lets you forget it.But, being the fucking idiot yo
Leaves You :Homestuck, JohnKarkat:Your name is Karkat Vantas, and you pity someone. You pity someone hard. Sometimesin the middle of the night, when it is dark and you are aloneyou hold a truth to your chest in secrecy. That truth, or secret, is that you think you might even feel that awful human emotion called love. But if anyone were to outright ask you whether this was true, of course their face would become great acquaintances with the floor in no time at all.There are times when you're able to ignore it all. There are times when you are able to push past the warm, blossoming feelings that reside in your chest. There are times when you can almost forget that you pity someone, or that you've fallen so far in love that there seems to be no escape.This is not one of those times.John is standing next to you, suddenly, and of course he doesn't notice your small reactions: the breathy exhale of breath through clenched teeth, the tensing of the muscles that lace between your shoulder blades. He's bli
Tell me we both matter, Terezi Pyrope sat in the middle of her room, a frown replacing her usual grin as the moon shone sinisterly through the window, reflecting in the round eyes of dozens of scalemates staring her down. The lights were dim, unlike their usual bright state, and the murmering buzz of her computer's monitor was the only noise to be heard by an onlooker at least. In the blind girl's head, voices discussed her wrongs and actions. Her many.. Friends. She heard all of them in her head now, they were discussing her mistakes. Breathing slowly, but steadily, she thought it all over again. It was all over. She'd betrayed him, her matesprit. This was her trial. The rows and rows of glossy button eyes stared at her, searching into her soul. It was now her turn to be judged, to be the guilty one. She gripped the rough rope in her hand and gritted her teeth, teal tears fell from behind her red glasses, only imagining what her 'friends' were doing now. Nepeta w
Setting Sail (meulin/kurloz)The air between them was stale. Silent conversations filled with thick awkwardness that nearly choked the both of them. It filled their lungs with a sort of heaviness, leaving them nearly breathless in each other's presence. The soft air moved through their quick hand gestures, ringing in her ears and stinging at his stitches. They tried pulling it off for the longest time, the others didn't buy it. They didn't even buy their own act. The others knew they weren't as comfortable as they were before. They themselves knew that also.Meulin was sick of it. Simply sick of it. Sick of Kurloz acting so weird around him, sick of her own body tensing up at moments. She wanted to hang out with him, be close with him. She wanted to have cuddles and be able to curl up like a kitten in his lap and give him small kisses and tight hugs. She wanted to be his matesprit and return things back to the way they were before. When they weren't so akward around each other. That's really all she wanted. And ev
what love is not.it was a s l o p p y first kiss wheremy drunk lips fumbled against yours.the dull thwack of my heart,locked behind curved ribscleared my groggy brain, clouded with lustful premonitions.it was an e l e c t r i f y i n g first kiss whereyou entwined your hands in my hair.your mouth encompassed mine andmy breath became lost in the steadyrise&fallof your chest.it was a s h y first kiss wherei pulled away before you could explore.your tongue grazed my teeth, searching for a way past the ivory gates.i dug my finger into the stubble along your jaw,my nail lulling your carnal desires.it was my first kiss with you.
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