Re: Question about skos:concept

Hi Jyoti,

Indeed there is no explicit subClassOf relationship between skos:Concept and rdfs:Resource.

But it is implicitly here: if I'm not mistaken, an RDFS/OWL inference engine can get it from the RDFS and OWL semantics, especially using [1] which has the following axiom:
If x is in IC then <x, I(rdfs:Resource)> is in IEXT(I(rdfs:subClassOf))
( where IC = ICEXT(I(rdfs:Class)) )

Cheers,

Antoine

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/#vocabulary_entail



> Hello all,
> 
> I am seeking a clarification about skos:concept.
> 
> <rdf:Description rdf:about="#Concept">
> <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Concept</rdfs:label>
> <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core"/>
> <skos:definition xml:lang="en">An idea or notion; a unit of 
> thought.</skos:definition>
> <!-- S1 -->
> <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class"/>
> </rdf:Description>
> 
> 1.) At present, skos:concept is defined as an instance of owl:class (and 
> hence, an instance of rdfs:resource). However, I do not see any 
> "explicit" subClassOf relationship between skos:concept and 
> rdfs:resource. Am I correct in assuming that such a relationship does 
> not exist?
> 
> 2.) If the answer to question# 1 is yes, could you please explain 
> (preferably with an example) why such an assertion was not included in 
> the specification?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your replies!
> 
> Cheers,
> - Jyoti

Received on Monday, 3 August 2009 16:30:10 UTC