Re: rdf:value and RDF Schema (was: typed containers in RDF Schema)

At 04:13 PM 6/12/02 -0700, Garret Wilson wrote:
>2. If RDF Schema says what the object *is*, then what about multiple
>rdf:ranges? ( http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-schema-20020430/ hints that
>this might be possible.) If a property has two ranges defined, then is the
>object of the property automatically understood to have *two* types, or does
>it mean that each of the objects has one of the two types?

The former.  Multiple types for an object are possible and, IMO, 
useful.  My stock example is that a horse can be of type animal and also of 
type means-of-transport.

#g


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Graham Klyne
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Received on Thursday, 13 June 2002 06:30:48 UTC