Re: rdfs:Resource versus owl:Thing

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Richard Cyganiak wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Can anyone tell me the difference between rdfs:Resource and owl:Thing,
> both from a formal semantics point of view and a practical point of
> view? Any guidelines as to when I should use one or the other?
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard
> 

IIRC it depends. In OWL Full they're identical, in DL owl:Thing is the
class of individuals, so no literals, no classes, no properties (?).

I suppose that in practice you use rdfs:Resource to say 'everything',
and owl:Thing to say 'individuals', but it may be that they're one and
the same.

Damian
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