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Re: [dxwg] Inheritance terminology not appropriate for RDFS and OWL (#1228)

From: Simon Cox via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 03:50:34 +0000
To: public-dxwg-wg@w3.org
Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-607012443-1585713033-sysbot+gh@w3.org>
FWIW - There is plenty of precedent using open arrow-heads for sub-classes. See 

- https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/
- https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/
- https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dqv/

And also the standard IDEs (TopBraid, Protege visualization plugins). 

I certainly see where you are coming from arguing for UML Substitution, but it is not widely known outside UML circles, the visual notation is messy (dashed connector with a stereotype), and it risks making the UML connection even stronger, so I'm disinclined to change horses. 

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