RE: OWL Reference Description for F2F 3

I like this document.  Would suggest at least one example (or link to
example) for each construct.

Re the OWL/RDF triple relationship:

> An OWL knowledge base is a collection of RDF triples as defined in
> the RDF Model and Syntax Specification. 

This is easy to mis-read.  An OWL knowledge base is a collection of
RDF triples as restricted by this document.  

Reading this one might assume that a collection of OWL triples honors
the RDF requirements for collections of triples.  RDF imposes
restrictions that OWL relaxs (e.g. subclassof loops, single range and
domain constraint, ...).  OWL imposes restriction that RDF does not
(e.g. list first/rest sequences terminated by NIL).

Many collections of RDF triples are not given a meaning by the OWL
semantics exactly because they do not conform to the restrictions
listed in this document.

> OWL prescribes a specific
> meaning for triples that use the OWL vocabulary. This document
> specifies which collections of RDF triples constitute the OWL
> vocabulary and what the prescribed meaning of such triples is.

Normally I think of vocabulary as lexical.  We are specifying the
triples that constitute the OWL language (or one representation of
it).  

- Mike

Michael K. Smith
EDS Austin Innovation Centre
98 San Jacinto, #500
Austin, TX 78701
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Dean [mailto:mdean@bbn.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:43 AM
> To: www-webont-wg@w3.org
> Subject: OWL Reference Description for F2F 3
> 
> 
> Attached is the draft version of the OWL Reference Description to be 
> discussed at F2F 3 [1].
> 
> 	Mike
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ftf3.html
>

Received on Thursday, 27 June 2002 11:46:56 UTC