Re: SKOS Guide and owl:sameAs

Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com> wrote:

>A skos:Concept is not a class, and the domain of owl:equivalentClass is 
>owl:Class

Whereas in SKOS Core guide (http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-guide-20051102/#secconcept), skos:Concept has been described as a class. If it's not a Class then what it can be considered as?

Best,

Nabonita Guha

Senior Research Fellow
Documentation Research & Training Centre
Indian Statistical Institute
Bangalore INDIA
 



Hi Andrew
> The SKOS guide [1], in the "Concept Identity and Mapping" section, states that owl:sameAs *should not* be used to indicate that two concepts share the same meaning.  It gives some rationale in the section for this.  Looking at the OWL guide [2], in the "4.1. Equivalence between Classes and Properties" section, I'm wondering whether one can use owl:equivalentClass to indicate that two concepts share the same meaning.  If there is a reason why owl:equivalentClass can/cannot be used for this, should it also be mentioned in "Concept Identity and Mapping" section?
>   
Yes, there is a good reason.
A skos:Concept is not a class, and the domain of owl:equivalentClass is 
owl:Class

Cheers

Bernard

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> Thanks, Andy.
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