Re: RDF semantics: problems with entailment rules rdfs5 and rdfs9

>Two rdfs entailment rules do not seem to be stated
>in sufficient generality.
>This is indicated by the following two counterexamples
>to the rdfs entailment lemma.
>
>Example: graph G consists of triples
>   x subPropertyOf y
>   y subPropertyOf z
>where x y and z are blank nodes.
>In this case the semantics shows that
>G rdfs-entails the triple
>   x subPropertyOf z
>However this triple is not derived by rule rdfs5,
>since this rule requires x y and z to be URIs.
>
>
>A similar problem occurs with rule rdfs9.
>
>Example: graph H consists of triples
>   x subClassOf y
>   z type x
>where z is a blank node.
>According to the semantics, H rdfs-entails the
>triple
>   z type y
>This triple is however not derived by rule rdfs9
>since this rule requires z to be a URI.
>

You are right, of course. These rules should be stated so as to apply 
to blank nodes as well as URIs.  I will make this change.

Pat



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