GOLD The Protege metadata ontology (in the version that is used inside Protege. Note that this is an OWL Full ontology, with annotation properties that have range and domain restrictions. However, the "official" online release of this file is OWL DL, so that ontologies that use Protege metadata annotations can still be shared as OWL DL. Contains First, Second, Third as instances. Person indicates the number and nature of the participants in a situation. Usually a three-way contrast is found: first, second, and third person. Other formal distinctions in languages include: inclusive/exlusive, honorific/intimate, and male/female (Crystal 1997: 285). Proximative refers to one or more non-participants that are in some way distinct/closer to the speaker than other non-particpants. Refers to nonparticipants (other than the speaker or hearer(s)), i.e. other people, things, animals, etc. (Crystal 1997: 285). Obviative refers to one or more non-participants that are in some way further removed from the speaker than other non-particpants. ThirdPerson Refers to any group of participants and nonparticipants not covered by the other values for Person. Note that FourthPerson should be treated as ThirdPersonObviative. Refers to any combination of participants (speaker and addressee(s)) and possibly others. SecondPerson Refers to the person(s) the speaker is addressing (Crystal 1997: 285). Refers to the speaker and one or more nonparticipants, but not hearer(s). Contrasts with FirstPersonInclusive (Crystal 1997: 285). FirstPersonExclusive Refers to the speaker, and possibly others (Crystal 1997: 285). FirstPersonSingular is a structure combining FirstPerson and SingularNumber, referring to the speaker only. FirstPerson FirstPersonInclusive Refers to the speaker, hearer(s) and possibly others. Contrasts with FirstPersonExclusive (Crystal 1997: 285). Refers to any participant or nonparticipant. It is the "top" of the Person value hierarchy.