- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: 04 Mar 2003 14:37:07 -0800
- To: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@mitre.org>
- Cc: www-rdf-logic@w3.org
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 14:18, Roger L. Costello wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > In the OWL Reference Version 1.0 document it defines TransitiveProperty > and SymmetricProperty as a subClassOf owl:ObjectProperty. > > On the other hand, it defines FunctionalProperty as a subClassOf > rdf:Propery. > > What is the reason for this? Why isn't FunctionalProperty also defined > as a subClassOf owl:ObjectProperty? because then we couldn't model, e.g. string-valued database keys; e.g. the relationship between U.S. states and strings like "KS". pls see 5.1 Uniform treatment of literal/data values http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/webont-issues.html#I5.1-Uniform-treatment-of-literal-data-values > Thanks! /Roger -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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