Re: [ANN] Working drafts by SW Best Practices group -- request for comments

> If we use approach 1, but say that:
>
> :AfricanLion
>       a       :Animal;
>       rdfs:subClassOf :Lion .
>
> :Animal
>       a       owl:Class;
>       rdfs:subClassOf :Class .
>
> ...then we can restrict the range of dc:subject (or some other 
> property) to :Animal. Right?

I am not sure what :Class is.

Also, in your example, AfricanLion is not a class but an individual. 
This is not quite right for this example. Consider for instance what 
you would do for the Lion class: you cannot make it an instance of the 
Animal class since, among other things, you won't be able to say that 
AfricanLion is a Lion.

> Also (unrelated), would it make sense to use
>
>   :LionsLifeInThePrideBook
>     owl:sameAs <http://isbn.nu/0736809643> ;
>
> rather than
>
>   :LionsLifeInThePrideBook
>     rdfs:seeAlso <http://isbn.nu/0736809643> ;

I am not sure. I think either solution is correct. I would lean towards 
the seeAlso simply because we don't have enough information to say that 
the resources are equivalent (by using owl:sameAs)

Natasha

Received on Thursday, 29 July 2004 01:46:16 UTC