Quoting "Lepczyk, Timothy" <[email protected]>:
Hi All,
I'm putting together an ontology for a collection either using
CIDOC-CRM, or a mix of CIDOC-CRM and FOAF. I don't need the whole
CIDOC-CRM ontology. Is it okay to just use the classes I need or
should I include the super classes which they belong to?
I'll give you my understanding of this area, but I can't guarantee it
is correct.
Presumably if you are re-using properties or classes that have been
"officially" defined elsewhere (meaning defined in RDF/OWL, preferably
by the owners of the property), then your use does not change the
official definition. You may add it to your ontology, but it is the
"home" ontology for that property (defined by the URI) that determines
its meaning and relationships.
Assuming this is true, then you do not need to "include" related
super- or sub-classes because the property in your ontology is just a
another use of that property. The relationship to other classes
carries along with it.
You *can* add relationships, such as making a CIDOC-CRM property a
super or sub class of a property that you define. The CIDOC-CRM folks
and others can choose to use or ignore anything you do.
kc
Thanks for the help,
Tim
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Timothy A. Lepczyk
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Washington University
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Website: http://www.digital.wustl.edu/
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