Re: OWL S&AS comment - owl:Ontology mapping to/from RDF triples

On Fri, 30 May 2003 14:52:59 -0400 (EDT)
"Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your comments.  
> 
> >   OWL Web Ontology Language Semantics and Abstract Syntax
> >   W3C Working Draft 31 March 2003
> >   http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-owl-semantics-20030331/

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> The OWL transfer syntax uses RDF graphs as encoded in RDF/XML.  Currently,
> there is no standard mechanism in RDF for representing the context of
> information.  However, it is possible in RDF to use properties such as
> rdfs:isDefinedBy to achieve part (but only part) of this purpose.  Such
> properties can also be used in OWL in annotations.

It would be nice maybe to see that in an example somewhere, maybe
in the Guide or Reference.

> Please reply to this message indicating whether anything more needs to be
> done in this area.

Yes thanks, your reply and proposed changes are satisfactory.

Dave

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