Re: ISSUE-69: BroaderIrreflexive

I would propose to close immediately this issue, since it is contained 
in ISSUE-44, and treat it as a reminder that no resolution for ISSUE-44 
can close it if it does not address reflexivity.

Antoine
> ISSUE-69: BroaderIrreflexive
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> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/69
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> Raised by: Alistair Miles
> On product: SKOS
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> This is a sub-issue of ISSUE-44.
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> Currently, skos:broader is *not* defined as an irreflexive property.
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> Therefore, graphs such as:
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> <A> skos:broader <A> .
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> ... are consistent with the SKOS data model.
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> However, such a graph would never be found in a representation of a thesaurus 
> or classification scheme, and if it did, would probably indicate some sort of 
> error.
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> If skos:broader were formally defined as an irreflexive property in the 
> normative specification, this would endorse stronger checking of instance data 
> against the SKOS data model, which would probably be both useful and 
> appropriate to most SKOS use cases.
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> Should skos:broader be normatively irreflexive?
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