- From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 17:11:25 +0100 (BST)
- To: "Narahari, Sateesh" <Sateesh_Narahari@jdedwards.com>
- cc: "'www-rdf-interest@w3.org'" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Narahari, Sateesh wrote: > Does any of you have UML model for RDF Schema?. A basic diagram depicting > the relations between the core classes and core properties with the > constraints applied?. > > Do you think it might be easier to explain the RDF schema thru UML?. Correct me if I'm wrong, but UML has a traditional strict typing worldview; RDFS has loops (eg, rdfs:Class rdf:type rdfs:Class). Pat Hayes' model-theoretic work has given these constructions a sound basis, but I don't think UML likes it. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk stty intr ^m
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