- From: Ron Daniel <RDaniel@DATAFUSION.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:05:19 -0800
- To: Greg Karvounarakis <gregkar@csi.forth.gr>, RDF Interest Group <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Good question. Both behaviors (returning p2 vs. not returning p2) would seem to be appropriate at different times. Here's a couple of scenarios, assuming p1 is the Dublin Core creator element. 1) John Doe wants to search an RDF store of bibliographic information for works written by his favorite author, J. Smith. He searches for statements where the predicate is dc:Creator and the object is "J. Smith". His database also searches for statements whose predicate is known to be a subProperty of dc:Creator. 2) Jane Doe is analyzing the growth of the Dublin Core and its mapping to other bibliographic standards. She searches her RDF store for dc:Creator arcs and counts them. She also counts occurrences of properties such as x:Illustrator that are subProperties of dc:Creator. I think a query language MUST provide functionality for the second usage, and SHOULD provide an operator for the first case. Regards, Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Karvounarakis [SMTP:gregkar@csi.forth.gr] > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 8:02 AM > To: RDF Interest Group > Subject: A simple question on RDF Querying ... > > > Hello everybody. > I would like to have your opinion/comments on the following question: > > Suppose that I have an RDF schema like: > > [C1] ------p1------> [C2] > /\ /\ /\ > || || || > || || || > || || || > [C3] ------p2------> [C4] > > p2: subPropertyOf p1 > C3, C4: subClassOf C1,C2 respectively. > > If a query requests the from and to values of the property p1 > (metadata instances), do you believe that the from and to values > of its subProperty (p2) should also be returned? > I would also appreciate any examples where the one case is > preferrable over the other (based on possible applications that > you may have in mind). > > Thanx in advance > Greg
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