Andy wrote:
> Rachel wrote:
> > I think that would be useful, but I admit one could not build queries on
> > that database making assumptions about any existing 'grammar' within the
> > native data model of the terms. So one could not imply that because a term
> > is in RDFS a sub-property of another term then it is an 'element
> > refinement'....
>
> I'm not sure I understand this? If one term is a sub-property of another
> term then, by definition, it is an element refinement isn't it? Don't
> sub-property and element refinement mean the same thing?
If B is an element and if [A subProperty B] holds, then A is an element refinement.
The entries of DC15 all are members of the "DublinCore element set".
Or?
Roland
>
> Andy.
>
> > we can do that with DCMI terms because we already know
> > about the grammmar, and how it is expressed in RDFS.
> >
> > By grammar here I mean the role of terms and the relationships between
> > terms. As in DCMI: elements, element refinements, schemes, values
> >
> > Rachel
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>
> Andy
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