- From: Johannes Busse <busse@ontoprise.de>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:16:21 +0100
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- CC: SWD WG <public-swd-wg@w3.org>, SKOS <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Hi Alan, Ruttenberg wrote: > isNarrowerThan isBroaderThan is even clearer, IMO. The test for clarity > would be to use the predicate in a sentence and see if it makes sense. yes, but ... > So compare > "train" isBroaderThan "train station" > vs > "train station" hasBroader "train" I opt for No 2. Our company develops OWL and F-Logic Ontologies. To my understanding there is a common policy in RDF modeling: [mammal broader animal] is an abbreviation for (resp. disambiguates to) [mammal has_broader animal]. If you want to say broader_of there is no abbrev. Additionally in RDF we speak of [Subject Predicate Object]. In modelling [animal is_broader_of mammal] we would toggle the S P O syntax with the help of a passive sentence to an O P S reading, which looks somewhat odd to me -- at least from the RDF perspective. yours Johannes -- Dr. Johannes Busse, Senior Researcher Amalienbadstraße 36 (Raumfabrik 29) D 76227 Karlsruhe Reg. Office: Karlsruhe, Amtsger. Mannheim, HRB 109540 Managing Directors: Prof.Dr.J.Angele, H.P.Schnurr http://www.ontoprise.de | phone x49(721) 509 809-62 mailto:busse@ontoprise.de | mobile x49(163) 509 80-62
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