- From: Mike Dean <mdean@bbn.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:23:21 -0400
- To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- cc: www-webont-wg@w3.org
> Sure, but what is owl:Ontology?
[1] includes
[[[
<rdfs:Class rdf:ID="Ontology">
<rdfs:label>Ontology</rdfs:label>
<rdfs:comment>
An Ontology is a document that describes
a vocabulary of terms for communication between
(human and) automated agents.
</rdfs:comment>
</rdfs:Class>
]]]
which is typically instantiated like
[[[
<Ontology rdf:about="">
<versionInfo>$Id: owl.txt,v 1.2 2002/07/29 15:34:54 connolly Exp $</versionInfo>
<imports rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema"/>
<dc:title>OWL Web Ontology Language</dc:title>
<dc:author>W3C Web Ontology (WebOnt) Working Group</dc:author>
<dc:subject>OWL; Web Ontology Language; Semantic Web</dc:subject>
<dc:description>Classes and Properties comprising the OWL Web Ontology Language</dc:description>
<dc:publisher>W3C</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2002-07-17</dc:date>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:identifier>http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl</dc:identifier>
</Ontology>
]]]
but is not linked (other than by common URI) to its
associated Classes and Properties. It exists primarily as a
placeholder for metadata about the ontology.
Mike
[1] http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl
Received on Monday, 9 September 2002 21:23:52 UTC