Re: "Including" other RDF and RDFS files

No, there is nothing to prevent using imports in instance files, and
some in the WebOnt WG (particularly me) believe it is necessary. In my
DAML+OIL instance files, I've always had something like:

<rdf:RDF
  xmlns:rdf = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
  xmlns = "http://www.daml.org/2001/03/daml+oil#"
  xmlns:daml = "http://www.daml.org/2001/03/daml+oil#"
  xmlns:cs = "http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/DAML/onts/cs1.0.daml#"
>

<rdf:Description about="">
  <imports
resource="http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/DAML/onts/cs1.0.daml" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- RDF statements go here -->

</rdf:RDF>

For examples, see http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/DAML/#content

Jeff Heflin



Danny Ayers wrote:
> 
> >> Is there RDF vocabulary somewhere to tell a processor "also
> >> retrieve and include this other RDF-containing file"
> 
> owl:imports allows one *ontology* to include another :
> 
> http://www.daml.org/2002/06/webont/owl-ref-proposed#imports-def
> 
> But I would guess there's nothing to stop this being used within instance
> files - is there?
> 
> Cheers,
> Danny.
> 
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Received on Monday, 16 September 2002 14:38:58 UTC