RE: TODO++: daml-ont TallThing

> > > There are a couple of minor nits in the example ontology:
> > >
> > > 1) Father is desribed as having range Man, but presumably
> > >    inherits domain Animal from Parent.  Mother is similar.
>
>A mother of a fox is not human.  I'd expect the domain and range
>to match i.e. domain of mother is person if range is woman, or
>range of mother is female animal if domain is animal.
>
>A real nit - sorry.

No, a very good point. this is exactly the kind of issue that we need 
to get to grips with and which a proper semantics would make clear. 
It isnt trivial to specify a proper inheritance mechanism.

Pat Hayes

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Received on Wednesday, 1 November 2000 14:47:39 UTC