AW: extend rdfs:Class & rdf:Property from Wolf Siberski on 2002-01-11 (www-rdf-interest@w3.org from January 2002)

From: Wolf Siberski <siberski@kbs.uni-hannover.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:00:53 +0100
To: www-rdf-interest <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Cc: "'Manos Batsis'" <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
Message-ID: <000101c19a97$9ef1caf0$d2984b82@ravel>

Manos Batsis wrote
> 
> I'm no expert but, I don't find any sense in nesting
> 
> <rdfs:subClassOf
>   rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"/>
> 
> inside
> 
> <rdfs:Class rdf:ID="MyClass">
> 
> </rdfs:Class>
> 
> It's like saying the same thing two times (please someone correct me
if
> I'm wrong).
> 

<rdfs:Class ...> expresses that MyClass an _instance_ of rdfs:Class,
<rdfs:subClassOf ...> says it's a _specialization_ of rdfs:Class.
The latter makes MyClass another meta class.

HTH,
Wolf Siberski

Received on Friday, 11 January 2002 07:15:22 UTC