- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:54:29 -0600
- To: darood <samatar.sharmarke@gmail.com>
- Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:11 PM, darood wrote: > > Cheers Dan, I had one more question which I am a bit wary about: > > Is the following which I listed as transitive, symmetric and/or > functional > correct? > • “taller than” - Transitive Yes. Inverse would be "shorter than" > • “sister of” - Symmetric No. Mary sisterOf John, but not John sisterOf Mary. Inverse would be "has sister" > • “mother of” - Functional No. Mary motherOf Bill and Mary motherOf John is possible. motherOf is inverse functional; hasMother (its inverse) is functional. > • “likes” - Symmetric Unfortunately, no. If it were, personal relationships would be a lot easier than they are. Inverse would be "liked by" > • “eats” - Functional ?? > • “neighbour of” - Symmetric Yes. This is its own inverse. Hope this helps. Pat Hayes > > Can you help me get the inverse properties of each example? > > > Thanks in adv. > Darood > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Semantics-of-rdf%3AStatement-tp11705919p27020856.html > Sent from the w3.org - semantic-web mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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