Hi, There is the "class" in ontology, and there is also the "class" in OO(Object Oriented). I think they are completely different because they are different domain concept. But "class and individual" in ontology and "class and individual" in OO, what's the difference between them? I think: 1. The individual in OO is of a certain class, if you want to extend it, you must overload or cast a new class to it. But individual in ontology you must do a "Realization" job to know what class it is of through a reasoner. 2. If you want to add a new property, you must modify the class in OO, but you needn't modify the class in ontology, you can just set the property's domain and range to add it. So I think the class and the individual is much more extendable in ontology than in OO. And what are other differences? Thank all. Best regards, Zhu BinReceived on Saturday, 6 September 2003 22:26:28 GMT
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