Re: Abstract Classes

Eric Jain wrote:

>>If x is an element of set S, it's pointless to try to
>>find a set S' such that x elt S' and S' subset S.
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>I guess there isn't a way to state that every x that is an element of
>set S must also belong to any subset of S?
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That condition is impossible to fulfil,  because for any subset of S 
that contains x, you can form another subset of S  that does not contain 
it just by removing x from the members.

>Perhaps I could use owl:unionOf to explicitely lists all subclasses of
>S, but this is not a very satisfactory solution...
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That would only be feasible for small sets (did you mean "set" of 
"class" here?).  Maybe  you could explain what you are actually trying 
to accomplish here - it can probably be done some other way. Your 
description does not make sense, and I suspect it does not reflect what 
you are really after.

Cheers,

Tom P

Received on Thursday, 12 February 2004 09:09:58 UTC