- From: Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:14:17 +0200
- To: "SC34 WG3" <sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org>, <topicmapmail@infoloom.com>
- Cc: "Eric Miller" <em@w3.org>, <public-swbp-wg@w3.org>
Dear TopicMap'ers Please find below a link to a draft document from W3C Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group, dealing with representation of n-ary relations in Semantic Web languages. http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-n-aryRelations/ Abstract: "In Semantic Web languages, such as RDF and OWL, a property is a binary relation; that is, it links two individuals or an individual and a value. How do we represent relations among more than two individuals? How do we represent properties of a relation, such as our certainty about it, severity or strength of a relation, relevance of a relation, and so on? The document presents ontology patterns for representing n-ary relations and discusses what users must consider when choosing these patterns." I've been asked by editors of this document to propose a short annex dealing with representation of n-ary relations in Topic Maps. The draft for this annex is at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swbp-wg/2004Jul/0057.html Please send remarks/comments about those two documents, to public-swbp-wg@w3.org Bernard Vatant Senior Consultant Knowledge Engineering Mondeca - www.mondeca.com bernard.vatant@mondeca.com
Received on Wednesday, 4 August 2004 13:16:00 UTC