RE: How to state simple facts in RDF

Rdf:type is fine for many such examples.

However, it is not always such a good idea to create special
classes/types for every such fact.
For example: 
	My car is red.
	This food tastes good.

To use rdf:type food these statements requires one to create artificial
classes/types for such notions as RedThings, or GoodTastingThings.

One can do it, but it is not always what you want.

Mike


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Mike Uschold
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: McBride, Brian [mailto:brian.mcbride@hp.com] 
>  Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:18 AM
>  To: Lars Marius Garshol; public-swbp-wg@w3.org
>  Subject: RE: How to state simple facts in RDF
>  
>  
>  
>  This question came up in RDFCore.  The suggestion at the 
>  time was to use rdf:type, e.g.
>  
>    Eg::company rdf:type eg:BankruptCompany .
>  
>  Brian
>   
>  
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: public-swbp-wg-request@w3.org
>  > [mailto:public-swbp-wg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Lars 
>  > Marius Garshol
>  > Sent: 27 June 2005 15:00
>  > To: public-swbp-wg@w3.org
>  > Subject: How to state simple facts in RDF
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > In the work of the RDFTM task force the issue of how simple
>  > facts are represented in RDF has come up, since the task 
>  > force needs to find a way to express such facts in RDF.
>  > 
>  > It's probably not clear what I'm talking of here, but
>  > examples are statements like "this case is closed", "this 
>  > company is bankrupt", "this article is a draft", and so on.
>  > 
>  > How do people usually express this in RDF, and what is the 
>  "best" way? 
>  > The task force thought of several alternatives, but would be 
>  > interested to hear what the best practice is, if there is one, and 
>  > what individuals think, if there is no best practice.
>  > 
>  > -- 
>  > Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian         <URL: 
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Received on Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:44:31 UTC