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Inheritance

From: Hans Teijgeler <hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:09:12 +0200
Message-Id: <200504060909.j3699B95015027@vmx80.multikabel.net>
To: <semantic-web@w3.org>
Hi,
 
Assume we have:
 
myclass:PassengerVehicle  rdf:Type  rdfs:Class
myclass:FourPassengerVehicle  rdfs:subClassOf  myclass:PassengerVehicle  
myclass:FourPassengerVehicle  myprops:seats  "4" 
myclass:Volkswagen  rdfs:subClassOf  myclass:FourPassengerVehicle  
myobjects:myCar  rdf:Type  myclass:Volkswagen  
 
then:

*	does "normal" RDF/RDFS-compliant software "know" that all instances
of myclass:Volkswagen have 4 seats?
*	and does it know that myCar has four seats?

or in other words: does specialization (rdfs:subClassOf) and typing
(rdf:Type) actually and reliably lead to inheritance of properties?
 
Regards,
Hans
 
PS I have been unable to locate such "normal" software (IDE, validators,
browsers, etc.) that can be used without being a programmer (I'm a data
modeller) Any hints?
____________________________
Hans Teijgeler
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author of ISO 15926-7
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