Re: [regrep-semantic] ebXML Registry Profile for OWL Draft 1: Farrukhscomments #1

Dear Colleagues,

These emails are very technical. So I will appreciate if we use
only the  and
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Thank you.

Asuman

 wrote:

>A few other comments on Farrukh's comments:
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>>Line 187-189:
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>>"In OWL, properties can have
>>multiple domains and multiple ranges. Multiple domain (range) 
>>expressions restrict the domain (range) of
>>a property to the intersection of the class expressions."
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>>Suggest having a reference to domain/range definition for those that are 
>>not familiar with these terms.
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>I was actually surprised to see the above comment in this document as it is a 
>fairly esoteric point.  It may be important to how the Profile was implemented,
>but if not, I would suggest removing it entirely.
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>>Line 522:
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>>regrep:AssociationType:Property =>  regrep:AssociationType:HasProperty
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>>This is more consistent with existing assoc types (+) but does not 
>>preserve the OWL element name exactly (-).
>>If we do above change then we may want to suggest adding above to 
>>canonical AssociationType scheme as it is fairly generic.
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>I would strongly advise against this change.  Properties are first 
>class elements in RDFS and OWL. What is it that "has" the Property 
>above - an ontology?  If at all possible, please use the OWL, RDFS and 
>RDF terms verbatim.
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>>Line 613:
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>>"OWL-S Profile"
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>>=> Suggest using namespace prefix and have a table of all namespace 
>>prefixes somewhere in Intro to OWL chapter
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>>"owls:Profile"
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>References to OWL-S would not belong in an OWL chapter since OWL-S is not
>part of the OWL language, but rather a source of OWL ontologies used in
>examples in the Profile document.
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>-Evan
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