Re: hasValue with more than one outcome

If you want multiple values, then conjoin (and) multiple hasValues.  Other
methods are possible, but this the simplest.

peter


From: "Hans Teijgeler" <hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl>
Subject: RE: hasValue with more than one outcome
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:21:14 +0100

> Peter,
> 
> The W3C OWL Language Reference tells me that I can define a Restriction as
> follow:
> 
> <owl:Restriction>
> 	<owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent" />
> 	<owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Clinton" />
> </owl:Restriction>
> 
> It also tells me that I can determine the cardinality:
> 
> <owl:Restriction>
>   <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent" />
>   <owl:maxCardinality
> rdf:datatype="&xsd;nonNegativeInteger">2</owl:maxCardinality>
> </owl:Restriction>
> 
> So, when I want to define, for the Class "Person", I can use:
> 
> <owl:Restriction>
> 	<owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent"/>
> 	<owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Father"/>
> </owl:Restriction>
> 
> <owl:Restriction>
> 	<owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent"/>
> 	<owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Mother"/>
> </owl:Restriction>
> 
> When, as in this case, there are only two, I guess that I can create two
> anonymous Classes, one for each, to define these constraints for any
> individual person.
> 
> But in other cases I may have a long list. So I was trying to find out how
> to address that. For now I have chosen for an enumerated class and an
> allValuesFrom construct.
> 
> Regards,
> Hans
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider [mailto:pfps@research.bell-labs.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 14:40
> To: hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl
> Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
> Subject: Re: hasValue with more than one outcome
> 
> 
> From: "Hans Teijgeler" <hans.teijgeler@quicknet.nl>
> Subject: hasValue with more than one outcome
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:34:42 +0100
> 
> > Hi,
> >  
> > In http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-ref-20040210/#hasValue-def
> > <http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-owl-ref-20040210/#hasValue-def>
> > I find:
> >  
> > <owl:Restriction>
> >   <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent" />
> >   <owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Clinton" />
> > </owl:Restriction>
> > 
> > In order to make this complete can I state:
> >  
> > <owl:Restriction>
> >   <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#hasParent" />
> >   <owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Clinton" />
> >   <owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#Hillary" />
> > </owl:Restriction>
> > 
> > i.e. what to do when owl:hasValue has more than one possible outcome?
> 
> In general malformed restrictions like the one above should be avoided.
> They are definitely not legal in OWL DL, and often have very strange
> meanings in OWL Full.
> 
> > I hope someone can help me.
> 
> Well, it is hard to determine exactly what you want to do here.
> 
> > Regards,
> > Hans
> 
> peter

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