Re: why are properties decoupled from classes

* Extensibility.
* Logical foundations.
* The OO way is not necessarily the right way to do things.

Much more thorough answers will be forthcoming from the rest of the  
community :)

-R

On 25 Oct 2005, at 21:18, Xavier Noria wrote:

>
> In RDFS and friends properties do not "belong" to classes, whereas  
> in OOP normally they do. For instance, if you've got an instance of  
> foaf:Person you cannot assume there's any assertion about  
> foaf:interest for him.
>
> Which is the rationale behind that choice?
>
> -- fxn
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