new issue? should OWL provide synonyms for RDF and RDFS objects

TITLE:		should OWL provide synonyms for RDF and RDFS objects
DESCRIPTION:    The DAML+OIL official definition contains 12 sameXxxAs
		statements (see below) that provide daml: synonyms for 12 resources
		that are part of RDF or RDFS.  This is probably a bad idea
		that should not be repeated in OWL as it can lead to
		confusion as to what comes from where, particularly as not
		all RDF and RDFS built-in resources are so treated, and at
		least one ``local name'', Class, is used in both RDFS and
		OWL. 

		The 12 DAML+OIL statements in question are 

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="subPropertyOf">
  <samePropertyAs  rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#subPropertyOf"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Class">
  <sameClassAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Literal">
  <sameClassAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Property">
  <sameClassAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
</rdfs:Class>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="type">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="value">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="subClassOf">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#subClassOf"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="domain">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#domain"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="range">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#range"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="label">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="comment">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="seeAlso">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso"/>
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:ID="isDefinedBy">
  <samePropertyAs rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#isDefinedBy"/>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="#seeAlso"/>
</rdf:Property>

RAISED BY:	Peter F. Patel-Schneider
REFERENCE:	http://www.daml.org/2002/06/webont/owl.html
		http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Jul/0205.html

Received on Thursday, 18 July 2002 18:21:49 UTC