RE: Ontological constraints

Sorry, my reference to the OWL guide didn't reference the specific section. Here it is again:

http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-guide/#DefiningProperties

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Young,Jeff (OR)
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:54 PM
> To: 'Svensson, Lars'; Karen Coyle; public-lld
> Subject: RE: Ontological constraints
> 
> Lars,
> 
> Here's a section in the OWL Guide that probably explains it better than
> I can.
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-guide/
> 
> Basically, owl:ObjectProperty and owl:DatatypeProperty can (and
> generally should) be used in place of rdfs:Property to avoid the
> label/thing confusion we saw in older RDF vocabularies. An example is
> dc:creator <http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#elements-
> creator>:
> 
> <uri-1>
> 	dc:creator "John Doe" ;
> 	dc:creator <uri-2> .
> 
> In principle, the newer dcterms:creator element could be upgraded to
> owl:ObjectProperty because its rdfs:range setting doesn't allow
> literals <http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-creator>.
> 
> I can try to give more examples and context if necessary.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Svensson, Lars [mailto:L.Svensson@dnb.de]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:15 AM
> > To: Young,Jeff (OR); Karen Coyle; public-lld
> > Subject: AW: Ontological constraints
> >
> > Jeff,
> >
> > for those of us (i. e. me) who are not so deep into OWL: What's the
> > difference between owl:ObjectProperty and
> > owl:DatatypeProperty? I guess it's got something to do with is-a vs.
> > has-a.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lars
> >
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> > --
> > Dr. Lars G. Svensson
> > Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / Informationstechnik
> > http://www.dnb.de/
> > l.svensson@dnb.de
> >
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: Young,Jeff (OR) [mailto:jyoung@oclc.org]
> > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. März 2011 15:35
> > > An: Svensson, Lars; Karen Coyle; public-lld
> > > Betreff: RE: Ontological constraints
> > >
> > > One aspect of this is that it isn't necessarily essential to
> include
> > > rdf:type properties when we name individuals using a URI. Many of
> > them
> > > can be inferred on-demand from the domain/range of its properties.
> In
> > > those cases, including them in an RDF document representation is
> just
> > > another form of caching.
> > >
> > > I think it makes sense to emphasize properties over classes,
> > especially
> > > if those properties are defined as owl:ObjectProperty vs.
> > > owl:DatatypeProprety. "is-a" is nice to know and handy for dealing
> > with
> > > sets of individuals, but "has-a" says how and why somebody believes
> A
> > > and B are two different things. If the property relationship
> > connecting
> > > the two individuals is believable, then it helps inform our
> > > understanding of the "is-a" relationships assigned to the
> > individuals.
> > >
> > > I think it's interesting to look at the DBpedia entry for "Pride
> and
> > > Prejudice" and ask which properties are problematic and why. How we
> > > could tweak them to make more sense without starting from scratch?
> > >
> > > http://dbpedia.org/page/Pride_and_Prejudice
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Svensson, Lars [mailto:L.Svensson@dnb.de]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:15 AM
> > > > To: Young,Jeff (OR); Karen Coyle; public-lld
> > > > Subject: AW: Ontological constraints
> > > >
> > > > Karen, Jeff,
> > > >
> > > > A late note on this:
> > > >
> > > > > I think the key phrase is "sufficient to support the intended
> > > > knowledge
> > > > > sharing activities".
> > > > >
> > > > > One area of disagreement seems to be on the need to proliferate
> > > > > properties to encode the domain and/or range in the property
> name
> > > > > itself.
> > > >
> > > > Tom quoted Karen in saying
> > > >
> > > > [[
> > > > On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 09:35:22AM -0800, Karen Coyle wrote:
> > > > > I actually think that we should emphasize the "has a" rather
> than
> > > "is
> > > > > a" aspects of the resources we describe, and let the "has a"
> > allow
> > > us
> > > > > to infer any number of "is a" qualities. This is the message
> that
> > > Jon
> > > > > Phipps gave at the tutorial day at DC in Pittsburgh -- that we
> > > > > describe things by their characteristics, and those
> > characteristics
> > > > > tell us what the thing *is*.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, that sounds right to me.  Emphasize Properties
> > > > (relationships) over Classes. Verbs over nouns.  Describe
> > > > things less through giving them a name -- i.e., writing a
> > > > definition for a class of things to which they belong --
> > > > and more through enumerating their characteristics.
> > > > ]] [1]
> > > >
> > > > If this is so, then I'd say that we _definitely_ need to state
> > > > domain/range for the properties, otherwise The System (TM) will
> not
> > > be
> > > > able to find out what the thing is, even if it knows the
> > > > characteristics. Does that make sense?
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-
> > lld/2011Mar/0025.html
> > > >
> > > > All the best,
> > > >
> > > > Lars
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   **** Bitte beachten Sie die neue Internet- und E-Mail-Adresse.
> > ****
> > > >   **** Please note my new internet- and email-address. ****
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Dr. Lars G. Svensson
> > > > Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / Informationstechnik
> > > > http://www.dnb.de/
> > > > l.svensson@dnb.de
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > > > Von: public-lld-request@w3.org [mailto:public-lld-
> request@w3.org]
> > > Im
> > > > > Auftrag von Young,Jeff (OR)
> > > > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. März 2011 20:11
> > > > > An: Karen Coyle; public-lld
> > > > > Betreff: RE: Ontological constraints
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the key phrase is "sufficient to support the intended
> > > > knowledge
> > > > > sharing activities".
> > > > >
> > > > > One area of disagreement seems to be on the need to proliferate
> > > > > properties to encode the domain and/or range in the property
> name
> > > > > itself.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeff
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: public-lld-request@w3.org [mailto:public-lld-
> > > request@w3.org]
> > > > On
> > > > > > Behalf Of Karen Coyle
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:03 PM
> > > > > > To: public-lld
> > > > > > Subject: Ontological constraints
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Pursuant to our discussion today on the WG conference call
> > about
> > > > FR's
> > > > > > and ontological constraints, this quote I first saw when Tom
> > > Baker
> > > > > > posted it, and later I discovered the actual article it was
> > from:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 5. Minimal ontological commitment: An ontology should require
> > the
> > > > > > minimal ontological commitment sufficient to support the
> > intended
> > > > > > knowledge sharing activities. An ontology should make as few
> > > claims
> > > > > as
> > > > > > possible about the world being modeled, allowing the parties
> > > > > committed
> > > > > > to the ontology freedom to specialize and instantiate the
> > > ontology
> > > > as
> > > > > > needed. Since ontological commitment is based on consistent
> use
> > > of
> > > > > > vocabulary, ontological commitment can be minimized by
> > specifying
> > > > the
> > > > > > weakest theory (allowing the most models) and defining only
> > those
> > > > > > terms that are essential to the communication of knowledge
> > > > consistent
> > > > > > with that theory.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gruber, Thomas R. ?Toward principles for the design of
> > ontologies
> > > > > used
> > > > > > for knowledge sharing.? International Journal Human-Computer
> > > > Studies
> > > > > > 43 (1993): 907-928.
> > > > > > (p.3)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think what our discussion was dancing around was whether we
> > > think
> > > > > > that the FRBR entity constraints constitute the appropriate
> > level
> > > > of
> > > > > > commitment. Some think that it is, others feel that it
> > > > > > over-constrains. Perhaps the message from the group (for the
> > > > report)
> > > > > > is that the level of constraint needs to be investigated in
> > > > relation
> > > > > > to the "knowledge sharing activities".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > kc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Karen Coyle
> > > > > > kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
> > > > > > ph: 1-510-540-7596
> > > > > > m: 1-510-435-8234
> > > > > > skype: kcoylenet
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > >
> >

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