- From: Smith, Michael K <michael.smith@eds.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:15:29 -0600
- To: Bernard Horan <Bernard.Horan@sun.com>, www-webont-wg@w3.org
Bernard, Thanks. > > Class Definition > > informal term for talking about an owl:Class element and its descendant elements > > What's a "descendant element"? FIXED. Deleted ' and its descendant elements' > > Class name > > informal term for refering to an owl:Class tag. > > 'Tag'? Isn't the class name the term contained by the owl:Class element? FIXED <dt>Class name</dt><dd>informal term for an owl:Class rdf:ID attribute value.</dd> > > Individual > > an instance of an OWL class, i.e., a resource that belongs to the class extension of an OWL class > > Instance > > a member of the class extension of an OWL class We left the definition in the glossary because 'instance of' appears so often. Though we normally use the term 'individual' to talk about members of classes. - Mike -----Original Message----- From: Bernard Horan [mailto:Bernard.Horan@sun.com] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:30 AM To: www-webont-wg@w3.org Subject: Guide glossary Guide editors if it's not too late, could you give some thought to the following three minor comments: > Class Definition > informal term for talking about an owl:Class element and its descendant elements What's a "descendant element"? > Class name > informal term for refering to an owl:Class tag. 'Tag'? Isn't the class name the term contained by the owl:Class element? > Individual > an instance of an OWL class, i.e., a resource that belongs to the class extension of an OWL class > Instance > a member of the class extension of an OWL class It's not clear to me that there's a difference between an Instance and an Individual. I thought that the f2f editors' breakout session had decided not to include Instance as a noun. In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2003Jan/0176.html Chris indicates that "instance: the relation between an individual and a class" B
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