- From: Roger L. Costello <costello@mitre.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:57:45 -0400
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
- CC: "Costello,Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
Hi Folks,
I am a bit stuck on an inference. I want to be able to infer that this
document is talking about a SLR:
<Camera>
<viewFinder rdf:resource="http://www.camera.org#ThroughTheLens"/>
...
</Camera>
Here is the piece of knowledge that I am trying to use to make the
inference:
"Only SLRs have a ThroughTheLens viewFinder"
When I defined SLR I restricted the value of viewFinder to
'ThroughTheLens', as shown here:
<owl:Class rdf:ID="SLR">
<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#Camera"/>
<rdfs:subClassOf>
<owl:Restriction>
<owl:onProperty rdf:resource="#viewFinder"/>
<owl:hasValue rdf:resource="#ThroughTheLens"/>
</owl:Restriction>
</rdfs:subClassOf>
</owl:Class>
And when I defined viewFinder I stated that it is a FunctionalProperty
and all Cameras have a viewFinder:
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="viewFinder">
<rdf:type rdf:resource="&owl;#FunctionalProperty"/>
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Camera"/>
<rdfs:range rdf:resource="#Viewer"/>
</owl:ObjectProperty>
Initially, I thought that these two OWL statements were sufficient to
allow me to infer for the above instance that the Camera is a SLR. I
now believe, however, that it only allows me to infer that it "may" be a
SLR. True? What do I need to allow me to infer that the Camera "must"
be a SLR? /Roger
Received on Friday, 18 April 2003 11:59:10 UTC