Re: PROV-ISSUE-144 (Tlebo): how is "reserved attribute 'type'" related to rdf:type? [Data Model]

Thanks, Paolo. I closed the issue.

-Tim

On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Paolo Missier wrote:

> Tim
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> that is indeed the expected mapping to RDFS, however I am not sure such language-specific mapping should be mentioned/ recommended in PROV-DM?
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> Thanks, -Paolo
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> On 11/6/11 1:32 AM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> PROV-ISSUE-144 (Tlebo): how is "reserved attribute 'type'" related to rdf:type? [Data Model]
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>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/144
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>> Raised by: Timothy Lebo
>> On product: Data Model
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>> The reserved attribute "type" is used a few places, but with no mention to its relation to rdf:type. This becomes particularly concerning when "subtyping" is mentioned. Should we avoid reinventing the wheel? Can we say somewhere that "type" SHOULD BE considered as rdf:type, and RDFS should be used to handle subtyping semantics and inference?
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>> 6. PROV-DM Extensibility Points
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>> "Subtyping is allowed by means of the reserved attribute type."
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