- From: Ian Horrocks <horrocks@cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 11:22:28 +0100
- To: Jim Hendler <hendler@cs.umd.edu>
- Cc: Jeff Heflin <heflin@cse.lehigh.edu>, WebOnt <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
[snip] > >"If an ontology imports another ontology then it virtually includes the > >meaning of the imported ontology." Couldn't we say something like "If ontology A imports ontology B, then the semantics (meanings if you prefer) of terms in A are exactly the same as they would be if all of the statements in B (including further imports statements) were included in A". Ian
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