Re: TEST: FunctionalProperty InverseFunctionalProperty 3.4 4.1

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> > On July 26, Jeremy Carroll writes:
> > I am also concerned about tests in the style of FunctionalProperty
> > test 003. Here, we are asked to conclude that a property is
> > InverseFunctional given that its inverse is functional. This is a
> > higher order inference that is a consequence of the semantics of OWL,
> > but cannot be proved within OWL. I.e., OWL does not state anything
> > like:
> >
> > forall P,Q . FunctionalProperty(P) ^ inverse(P,Q) -> 
InverseFunctionalProperty(Q)
> >
> > I would *NOT* expect an OWL reasoner to find this inference.
> >
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> I could support this as a non-entailment test.

me too (although I currently support the entailment)

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Received on Friday, 2 August 2002 11:43:03 UTC