Re: typed containers in RDFS: suggestions about the "long range" problem

• From: Francesco Cannistrà <fracan@inwind.it>
• Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:44:56 +0200
• To: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, "Brian McBride" <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
• Message-ID: <01f701c2ffa2$0c669730$93951d97@Matrix>

Hello Brian,

> Please do not crosspost replies to rdf-interest and rdf-comments.
> Please pick a list and don't cross post.

sorry, I'll do so :-)


> Per your suggestion, what would happen if one had a graph containing a bag
> of people and another bag of apples.

I can define whatever kind of typed Bag I want, e.g:

     <rdf:Description rdf:ID="BagOfPerson">
        <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"
/>
         <rdfs:subClassOf
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Bag" />
     </rdf:Description>
     <rdf:Description rdf:ID="BagOfApples">
        <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class"
/>
         <rdfs:subClassOf
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Bag" />
     </rdf:Description>

and in order to assert that a property has range to a typed bag I use with
these assertions in the schema:
a) for Person typed bags:

     <rdf:Description rdf:ID="setOfPersons">
         <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Property" />
         <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#setOfPersonsDomain" />
         <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#BagOfPerson" />
     </rdf:Description>

     <rdf:Description
rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#member">
         <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Property" />
         <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#BagOfPerson" />
         <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Person" />
     </rdf:Description>

b) for Apple typed bags:

     <rdf:Description rdf:ID="setOfApples">
         <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Property" />
         <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#setOfApplesDomain" />
         <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#BagOfPerson" />
     </rdf:Description>

     <rdf:Description
rdf:about="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#member">
         <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Property" />
         <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#setOfApples" />
         <rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Person" />
     </rdf:Description>

Then I can instance these properties in a RDF model for resources of proper
type and semantics of the shema applies:

      <rdf:Desription rdf:about="#aResource">
            <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://theVocabularyNamespace#setOPersonsDomain"/>
            <voc:setOfPersons>
                   <rdf:Bag>
                        <rdf:_1>
                            <voc:Person
rdf:about="#1-st_Person">...</voc:Person>
                        </rdf:_1>
                        <rdf:_2>
                            <voc:Person
rdf:about="#2-nd_Person">...</voc:Person>
                        </rdf:_1>
                   </rdf:Bag>
            </voc:setOfPersons>
      </rdf:Desription>
      <rdf:Desription rdf:about="#anotherResource">
            <rdf:type
rdf:resource="http://theVocabularyNamespace#setOfApplesDomain"/>
            <voc:setOfApples>
                   <rdf:Bag>
                        <rdf:_1>
                            <voc:Person
rdf:about="#1-st_Person">...</voc:Apple>
                        </rdf:_1>
                        <rdf:_2>
                            <voc:Person
rdf:about="#2-nd_Person">...</voc:Apple>
                        </rdf:_1>
                   </rdf:Bag>
            </voc:setOfApples>
      </rdf:Desription>

Is it reasonable ???

Francesco

Received on Thursday, 10 April 2003 16:45:01 UTC