comment: discussion of OWL n-ary constructs?

• From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:40:39 -0600
• To: public-swbp-wg@w3.org
• Message-Id: <1108615239.4991.626.camel@localhost>

I was just reading over some historical OWL stuff, and
I was reminded of the awkward fit between some 3-ary
and 4-ary constructs in OWL, given RDF's binary limitations.

I don't see discussion of constructs like onProperty/hasValue
in

 Defining N-ary Relations on the Semantic Web: Use With Individuals
 http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-swbp-n-aryRelations-20040721/

I think OWL follows "pattern 2"... a Restriction
works sorta like a Purchase in the example.

It seems worth pointing this out in the document.


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