Re: Individuals with more than one rdf:type

Be careful not to confuse OO semantics with RDFS/OWL semantics.  
"Inherits" and properties in general may be confusing if you think in  
OO terms. But this is another thread...

ciao,
A.

Il giorno 19/set/06, alle ore 23:32, ben syverson ha scritto:

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> On Sep 19, 2006, at 4:23 PM, Andrea Splendiani wrote:
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>>> Is there anything wrong with creating individuals with multiple  
>>> rdf:type declarations?
>> To my understanding, this is quite natural "per se".
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> Great -- I had assumed so, but couldn't find any specific  
> information in the specs to back up my assumption...
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>> If the classes are not disjoint... MacBookPro will satisfy all  
>> definitions of the three classes, including the properties  
>> restriction that define it.
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> Excellent -- the ontologies generated by likn don't employ  
> owl:disjointWith, so that shouldn't be a problem.
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> Thanks!
>
> - ben syverson
> likn.org
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Received on Tuesday, 19 September 2006 21:53:47 UTC