- From: Monika Solanki <monika@dmu.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:08:06 +0100
- To: Jeff Lansing <jeff@polexis.com>
- Cc: www-ws@w3.org
- Message-ID: <3F61FD76.2060905@dmu.ac.uk>
I believe that (2) should override all other definitions, as it seems to me the most logical and reliable way out of all the others. Jeff Lansing wrote: > Here's a simple OWL question, that all of these tools seem to answer > in a different way: What is the connection between the physical URI of > an ontology definition document and the logical URI that is used for > the owl:Classes defined in that document? > > Here are some possible answers for what the logical URI is: > > 1) It's the same as the physical URI. > > 2) It's the default namespace of the definition document (the > xmlns="namespace"). > > 3) It's the value of the rdf:about attribute of the owl:Ontology element. > > 4) It's not even in the document, but has to be supplied by a > "LogicalURIResolver", which somehow has access to a database of > logical/physical mappings. > > 5) None of the above, so you had better hard code it in the definition > of every single class. > > The published OWL Guide/Reference appear to me to be using (2), but > nothing explicitly says that that's how it should be. Any guidance? > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > Ian Horrocks wrote: > >>On September 4, Sheshagiri, Mithun writes: >> >> >>>Dear John, >>> To the best of my knowledge there is no specific tool >>>that lets you build DAML-S ontologies. However, DAML-S/OWL-S is similar to >>>any other DAML/OWL ontology and there are several tools you could use. >>> >>>1. Protege <http://protege.stanford.edu/ <http://protege.stanford.edu/> > is >>>a general purpose tool has good support (plug-ins) for DAML and OWL. >>>2. Infered is a tool by Intellidimension <http://www.intellidimension.com/ >>><http://www.intellidimension.com/> > >>>3. There is also a DAML mode for emacs >>>http://openmap.bbn.com/burstein/daml-emacs/ >>><http://openmap.bbn.com/burstein/daml-emacs/> >>>4. However, I find a (XML-aware) text editor most useful. >>> >>> >> >>You should also take a look at OilEd [1] which supports DAML/OWL and >>includes and integrated reasoner which can compute the class hierarchy >>and check for inconsistencies. This has, e.g., been used to detect >>errors in the OWL Guide (wines) ontology. IMHO, building anything >>other than toy ontologies without such support amounts to recklessness. >> >>Ian >> >>[1] http://img.cs.man.ac.uk/oil >> >> >> >> >>> >>>You will find several tools at http://www.daml.org/tools/ >>><http://www.daml.org/tools/> >>> >>>hopt this helps! >>>mithun >>>http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mits1 <http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mits1> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: John Langley [mailto:johnlangley22@yahoo.co.uk] >>>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:15 AM >>>To: 'Www-Ws' (E-mail) >>>Subject: RE: FW: Semantics of Preconditions and Effects >>> >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>Could anybody from the DAML-S Consortium let me know which tool was used to >>>build the DAML-S ontologies ? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>John >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _____ >>> >>>Want to chat instantly with your online friends? >>><http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.co >>>m/> Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger >>> >>><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >>><HTML><HEAD> >>><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> >>><TITLE>Message</TITLE> >>> >>><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> >>><BODY> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dear >>>John,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff >>>size=2> >>>To the best of my knowledge there is no specific tool that lets you build DAML-S >>>ontologies. However, DAML-S/OWL-S is similar to any other DAML/OWL ontology and >>>there are several tools you could use.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff >>>size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1. >>>Protege <<A >>>href="http://protege.stanford.edu/">http://protege.stanford.edu/</A>> is >>>a general purpose tool has good support (plug-ins) for DAML and >>>OWL.</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2. >>>Infered is a tool by Intellidimension <<A >>>href="http://www.intellidimension.com/">http://www.intellidimension.com/</A>></FONT></SPAN></DIV> >>><DIV><SPAN class=337415209-04092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>3. >>>There is also a DAML mode for emacs <A >>>href="http://openmap.bbn.com/burstein/daml-emacs/">http://openmap.bbn.com/burstein/daml-emacs/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003>4. However, I find a (XML-aware) text editor most >>>useful.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003>You will find several tools at <A >>>href="http://www.daml.org/tools/">http://www.daml.org/tools/</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003>hopt this helps!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003>mithun</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> >>><DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN >>>class=337415209-04092003><A >>>href="http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mits1">http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mits1</A> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> >>><BLOCKQUOTE >>>style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> >>> <DIV></DIV> >>> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT >>> face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Langley >>> [mailto:johnlangley22@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 04, >>> 2003 8:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Www-Ws' (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: FW: >>> Semantics of Preconditions and Effects<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> >>> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> >>> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> >>> <DIV>Could anybody from the DAML-S Consortium let me know which tool was used >>> to build the DAML-S ontologies ? </DIV> >>> <DIV> </DIV> >>> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> >>> <DIV>John<BR></DIV> >>> <P> >>> <HR SIZE=1> >>> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Want to chat instantly with your online >>> friends? <A >>> href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/"><B>Get >>> the FREE Yahoo! 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