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Re: why are properties decoupled from classes

From: Jon Hanna <jon@hackcraft.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:39:53 +0100
Message-ID: <435F4EE9.5070800@hackcraft.net>
To: Chris Purcell <chris.purcell.39@gmail.com>, semantic-web@w3.org

Chris Purcell wrote:
> 
>> It *is* possible to say that, for example, all people have mothers
> 
> 
> Though this is decreasingly certain :)

Of course, it is also possible to say that, for example, all people had 
a pet chihuahua named Pedro when they were 8 years old. Just because it 
isn't true doesn't mean you can't say it.
Received on Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:35:10 GMT

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