Correct Owl representation

• From: Monika Solanki <monika@dmu.ac.uk>
• Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:21:00 +0100
• To: www-rdf-interest <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, costello@mitre.org
• Message-ID: <3F74838C.8000606@dmu.ac.uk>

I am confused about the representation in OWL for the following

<owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:ID="focal-length">
        <owl:equivalentProperty rdf:resource="#size"/>
        <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Lens"/>
        <rdfs:range rdf:resource="&xsd;#string"/>
</owl:DatatypeProperty>

and

<owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:ID="f-stop">
        <owl:equivalentProperty rdf:resource="#aperture"/>
        <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#Lens"/>
        <rdfs:range rdf:resource="&xsd;#string"/>
</owl:DatatypeProperty>

and then use it as ,

<Lens>
    <focal-length>75-300mm zoom</focal-length>
   <f-stop>4.5-5.6</f-stop>
</Lens>

Would the above be incorrect representation in OWL ?

Would it be correct to do it like this  

<Lens>
    <focal-length rdf:datatype="&xsd;string">75-300mm zoom</focal-length>
   <f-stop rdf:datatype="&xsd;string">4.5-5.6</f-stop>
</Lens>

If this is correct, then what is the rationale behind specifying range 
as "String" in defining the property ?

-Monika
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