RDF mapping of DataComplementOf from Holger Knublauch on 2007-01-25 (public-owl-dev@w3.org from January to March 2007)

From: Holger Knublauch <holger@topquadrant.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:37:09 -0800
To: public-owl-dev@w3.org
Message-ID: <45B8F8D5.2040200@topquadrant.com>

The current OWL 1.1 to RDF mapping appears to use owl:complementOf to 
represent DataComplementOf.  However, owl:complementOf is already used 
in class axioms as well and has owl:Class as domain and range.  It would 
break backwards compatibility if this property be reused.  I suggest to 
introduce a distinct new system property such as owl:dataComplementOf.

A related detail: the property that links a restricted datarange with 
its base is currently called owl:onDataRange.  This was probably done 
since earlier drafts had something like owl:DataRangeRestrictions, but 
(at least from my non-native English background) it reads strange to 
have an owl:DataRange with an owl:onDataRange value.  IMHO clearer 
alternatives would be owl:baseDataRange (more consistent with XSD spec 
which uses xsd:base) or owl:subDataRangeOf (consistent with OWL/RDF's 
rdfs:subClassOf).

Regards,
Holger

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