Hi Richard et al. Here is an informal interpretation of some of the spec written in plain English. Class stands for classification. We use Class to classify things. Class is a set of Things. "I am a Human" - I just classified myself as Human (I hope I'm right). "I am a Thing" - that is true for everything. Human is a classification of all people. Thing is a classification of all things. Every Human is a Thing. Therefore Thing is a super set of Human. Is Human a Thing? No! its a Class! Everything Thing is an individual. Human is not an individual, it is a classification of individuals. Thing is not an individual, it is a classification of individuals. Can we classify Classes? Yes we can! Human is a classification - I just classified Human as a classification. Human is a Class. Thing is a Class. Are all Things Classes? No! I am a Thing, but I am not a classification. Is Thing the same as Class? No! Human is not a Thing, but Human is a Class. Hope this helps, JamesReceived on Thursday, 28 August 2008 01:31:36 UTC
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