Re: Are properties from a context-constrained class inherited by subclasses? from Yuzhong Qu on 2003-05-22 (www-rdf-interest@w3.org from May 2003)

From: Yuzhong Qu <yzqu@seu.edu.cn>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:32:00 +0800
To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
Cc: "RDF Interest" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Message-ID: <008b01c3202b$d9e03d20$fc0b77ca@xobjects>

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Suppose that I have this class heirarchy:
> 
>         River
>            |
>       Flueve
>           |
>        Blah
> 
> Suppose that the property, emptiesInto, has a domain of River:
> 
>      <owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="emptiesInto">
>            <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#River"/>
>            <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#BodyOfWater"/>
>      </owl:ObjectProperty>
> 
> Suppose the Flueve constrains emptiesInto to have a range of #Sea:
> 
>      <owl:Class rdf:ID="Flueve">
>          <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#River"/>
>           <rdfs:subClassOf>
>                 <owl:Restriction>
>                         <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#emptiesInto"/>
>                         <owl:allValuesFrom rdf:resource="#Sea"/>
>                 </owl:Restriction>
>           </rdfs:subClassOf>
>      </owl:Class>
> 
> Question: what is the range of emptiesInto when used in the Blah
> Class?   /Roger
> 

The class "#Sea" or a subClassOf  "#Sea".

Yuzhong Qu

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