RE: OWL Reference Description for F2F 3

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Smith, Michael K wrote:

>
> 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

RDF/RDFS no longer prohibits sub-class (or sub-property) loops.

Dan

Received on Thursday, 27 June 2002 12:15:18 UTC