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Caleb
Caleb

Reputation: 189

Correct subproperty relation of OWL data properties

I'm building an ontology and I need to create the same semantic relation (the name of the relation is the same as well as the meaning in the domain) between different classes of elements. For example:

 o:ClassA o:hasSemanticRelation xsd:string 
 o:ClassB o:hasSemanticRelation xsd:string
 o:ClassC o:hasSemanticRelation xsd:string

My first approach was to create multiple domains for the property but this actually means the intersection of the concepts which is not correct in the domain. My second approach was to have a super property 

 owl:Thing o:hasSemanticRelation xsd:string
 o:hasSemanticRelationA owl:subPropertyOf o:hasSemanticRelation
 o:ClassA o:hasSemanticRelationA xsd:string

Because of the meaning of the hasSemanticRelation I want that every time it is used it can be linked to the same property, i.e., o:hasSemanticRelation

Could anyone give ideas how can I best represent this situation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 498

Answers (1)

Ignazio
Ignazio

Reputation: 10659

You might be able to achieve what you're trying to do with a union of classes for the domain; so that instead of multiple domains (which is equivalent to domain intersection) you'd have one single domain which is a union. This can be named or unnamed, depending on your requirements.

Upvotes: 1

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