Re: shapes as classes

Thanks, these edits look good to me.

Holger


On 12/17/2014 3:04, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> OK, I made some minor edits to fix up the terminology.
>
> peter
>
> On 12/12/2014 04:09 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>> Please feel free to edit the page and come up with a better wording. 
>> It was
>> just a proposal. We can fight about words forever, without making 
>> progress.
>>
>> Holger
>>
>>
>> On 12/13/14, 9:35 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>> So RDF classes are not shapes, and neither are OWL classes.
>>>
>>> But why then does
>>> https://www.w3.org/2014/data-shapes/wiki/Resource_Shape_Association 
>>> say that
>>> classes are shapes?
>>>
>>> peter
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/12/2014 03:11 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>>>> This depends on how you define the term Shape. To me, a Shape is a 
>>>> group of
>>>> connected constraints, so if a class has no constraints then it is 
>>>> not really
>>>> a Shape (unless you include the unconstrained Shape to be a Shape 
>>>> too).
>>>>
>>>> Holger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/13/14, 9:02 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>>>> But are all classes shapes?
>>>>>
>>>>> peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/12/2014 02:52 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/13/14, 3:40 AM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>>>>>> If "Shape" is more general than "Class", shouldn't all classes 
>>>>>>> be shapes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some classes are just named entities without any constraints.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Holger
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

Received on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 23:40:10 UTC