- From: Ian Horrocks <horrocks@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 19:12:26 +0000
- To: Monika Solanki <monika@dmu.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-sws-ig@w3.org, www-ws@w3.org
On November 7, Monika Solanki writes: > Hi Ian, > > Thanks for the reply!!!! > > I have a confusion regarding "sameIndividualAtom". Although I have dome > some kind of refinement over my earlier version, that did not use > "sameIndividualAtom", but somehow I still feel that "sameIndividualAtom" > is the way to go. > > I want to restate the problem. > > I define a variable > > <owl:Variable rdf:ID="acctID"/> > > and I have an individual of class Input defined as > > <process:Input rdf:ID="AccID"> > .... > .... > </process:Input> > > Now, what I want to say is that the variable is actually an individual > and is the same as the individual, AcctID, and this is the one which > should be used for defining further property predicates. > > I feel, I can use "sameIndividualAtom" to express this and the > semantics would not be affected, so will this be valid? > > <owl: sameIndividualAtom > > <owl:Variable rdf:about ="#acctID"/> > <owl::Individual rdf:about="AcctID"/> > </owl:sameIndividualAtom> > > I have changed owl:name to rdf:about This is a legal atom. It is satisfied by a binding just in case the variable and the individual are interpreted as the same object. I'm not quite sure, though, why you would want to do this rather than just using the individual itself for defining further property predicates. Ian > > Thanks, > > Monika > > Ian Horrocks wrote: > > >On November 1, Monika Solanki writes: > > > > > >>Hello Ian and Peter, > >> > >>I have been studying the OWL Rule language. I am a bit confused over > >>the interpretation atoms in general and Class atom in particular. > >> > >>As mentioned in the doc, > >>Informally, an atom C(x) holds if x is an instance of the class > >>description C > >> > >>So, what is the interpretation of this: > >> > >><owlx:classAtom> > >> <owlx:Class owlx:name="Person" /> > >> <owlx:Variable owlx:name="x1" /> > >></owlx:classAtom> > >> > >> > >>Does it mean that x1 is an instance of Class C ? > >> > >> > > > >Informally, if it is in an antecedent then it is a condition that is > >satisfied whenever x1 binds to an object that is an instance of C; if > >it is in a consequent, then it is an assertion that the object x1 is > >bound to is an instance of C. > > > >Ian > > > > > > > >>Thanks, > >> > >>Monika > >> > >>-- > >>**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > >>Monika Solanki > >>Software Technology Research Laboratory(STRL) > >>De Montfort University > >>Hawthorn building, H00.18 > >>The Gateway > >>Leicester LE1 9BH, UK > >> > >>phone: +44 (0)116 250 6170 intern: 6170 > >>email: monika@dmu.ac.uk > >>web: http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika > >>**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > Monika Solanki > Software Technology Research Laboratory(STRL) > De Montfort University > Hawthorn building, H00.18 > The Gateway > Leicester LE1 9BH, UK > > phone: +44 (0)116 250 6170 intern: 6170 > email: monika@dmu.ac.uk > web: http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> > <title></title> > </head> > <body> > Hi Ian,<br> > <br> > Thanks for the reply!!!!<br> > <br> > I have a confusion regarding "sameIndividualAtom". Although I have dome some > kind of refinement over my earlier version, that did not use "sameIndividualAtom", > but somehow I still feel that "sameIndividualAtom" is the way to go.<br> > <br> > I want to restate the problem.<br> > <br> > I define a variable <br> > <br> > <owl:Variable rdf:ID="acctID"/><br> > <br> > and I have an individual of class Input defined as <br> > <br> > <process:Input rdf:ID="AccID"><br> > ....<br> > ....<br> > </process:Input><br> > <br> > Now, what I want to say is that the variable is actually an individual and > is the same as the individual, AcctID, and this is the one which should be > used for defining further property predicates. <br> > <br> > I feel, I can use "sameIndividualAtom" to express this and the semantics > would not be affected, so will this be valid?<br> > <br> > <owl: sameIndividualAtom ><br> > <owl:Variable rdf:about ="#acctID"/><br> > <owl::Individual rdf:about="AcctID"/><br> > </owl:sameIndividualAtom><br> > <br> > I have changed owl:name to rdf:about <br> > <br> > Thanks,<br> > <br> > Monika<br> > <br> > Ian Horrocks wrote:<br> > <blockquote type="cite" > cite="mid16298.45218.115266.619802@merlin.horrocks.net"> > <pre wrap="">On November 1, Monika Solanki writes: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Hello Ian and Peter, > > I have been studying the OWL Rule language. I am a bit confused over > the interpretation atoms in general and Class atom in particular. > > As mentioned in the doc, > Informally, an atom C(x) holds if x is an instance of the class > description C > > So, what is the interpretation of this: > > <owlx:classAtom> > <owlx:Class owlx:name="Person" /> > <owlx:Variable owlx:name="x1" /> > </owlx:classAtom> > > > Does it mean that x1 is an instance of Class C ? > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > Informally, if it is in an antecedent then it is a condition that is > satisfied whenever x1 binds to an object that is an instance of C; if > it is in a consequent, then it is an assertion that the object x1 is > bound to is an instance of C. > > Ian > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Thanks, > > Monika > > -- > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > Monika Solanki > Software Technology Research Laboratory(STRL) > De Montfort University > Hawthorn building, H00.18 > The Gateway > Leicester LE1 9BH, UK > > phone: +44 (0)116 250 6170 intern: 6170 > email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:monika@dmu.ac.uk">monika@dmu.ac.uk</a> > web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika">http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika</a> > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > </pre> > </blockquote> > <br> > <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<** > <br> > Monika Solanki<br> > Software Technology Research Laboratory(STRL)<br> > De Montfort University<br> > Hawthorn building, H00.18 <br> > The Gateway <br> > Leicester LE1 9BH, UK <br> > <br> > phone: +44 (0)116 250 6170 intern: 6170 <br> > email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:monika@dmu.ac.uk">monika@dmu.ac.uk</a> <br> > web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika">http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~monika</a><br> > **>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**>><<**</div> > <br> > </body> > </html>
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