Re: shapes as classes

OK, I made some minor edits to fix up the terminology.

peter

On 12/12/2014 04:09 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
> Please feel free to edit the page and come up with a better wording. It was
> just a proposal. We can fight about words forever, without making progress.
>
> Holger
>
>
> On 12/13/14, 9:35 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>> So RDF classes are not shapes, and neither are OWL classes.
>>
>> But why then does
>> https://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/wiki/Resource_Shape_Association say that
>> classes are shapes?
>>
>> peter
>>
>>
>> On 12/12/2014 03:11 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>>> This depends on how you define the term Shape. To me, a Shape is a group of
>>> connected constraints, so if a class has no constraints then it is not really
>>> a Shape (unless you include the unconstrained Shape to be a Shape too).
>>>
>>> Holger
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/13/14, 9:02 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>>> But are all classes shapes?
>>>>
>>>> peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/12/2014 02:52 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/13/14, 3:40 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>>>>> If "Shape" is more general than "Class", shouldn't all classes be shapes?
>>>>>
>>>>> Some classes are just named entities without any constraints.
>>>>>
>>>>> Holger
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 17:04:46 UTC