- From: Jeremy Wong 黃泓量 <50263336@student.cityu.edu.hk>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 18:47:19 +0800
- To: semantic-web@w3.org
- Message-id: <001501c539cc$d75c9e10$0401a8c0@wongkjo9u38gzb>
Here is an example of the situation... # only 5 facts in total <#X> rdf:type <#A> . <#Y> rdf:type <#A> , <#B> . <#Z> rdf:type <#A> , <#C> . => # conclusion of the 5 facts <#X> rdfs:subClassOf <#Y> , <#Z> . => # further conclusion of the 5 facts <#X> owl:intersectionOf ( <#Y> <#Z> ) . I want to express this kind of inference in N3 Rules, but it is not possible (or say it is out of my capability). Then I consider the quantification of Notation 3. It is, however, too confusing to use it as rules. Even it is not specified in the syntax. I want something like.. { ?I rdf:type ?X , ?Y } => { ?X rdfs:subClassOf ?Y . } . { ?X rdfs:subClassOf ?Y . } => { ?X owl:intersectionOf ( ?Y ) . } . The above 2 rules are not correct, because they miss some quantifications. I know that there are directives @forAll and @forSome. They are universal quantification and existential quantification respectively. However, I don't know how to use them. Maybe I am looking for something that I am not sure.. { @forAll ?X . @forSome ?Y . ?I rdf:type ?X , ?Y } => { ?X rdfs:subClassOf ?Y . } . { @forAll ?X . @forSome ?Y . ?X rdfs:subClassOf ?Y . } => { ?X owl:intersectionOf ( ?Y ) . } . The above 2 rules attempt to explain the idea, they may not be correct. I think that such kind of quantification facility can make rule-based inference more powerful on reasoning a collection of ontologies and axioms and facts. Jeremy
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