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>> If ex:Issue subClassOf ex:IssueShape, will an instance of ex:Issue not
> also be an instance of ex:IssueShape - without validation - or does this
> not really matter?
>
> Yes it would count as an instance of ex:IssueShape too, but I don't see
> a problem with that. When you define an owl:Restriction via
> rdfs:subClassOf, then the instances of the main class also become implicit
> instances of the Restriction.
>
> Holger
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>
I believe that this formulation is highly suspect. It may simply not be
true that all instances of ex:Issue are instances of ex:IssueShape. I
think this is incorrect modeling.
m.