soul / 02-Apr-02
[ Semantics, Ontologies & UBL ]
Comparison
UBL Ontologies
•BIE (Entity); type; object class; property (qualifier); representation; occurrence/cardinality;
instances; context driver
•Confined to a “single” or “restricted set” of relationships & rules
•CC tripartite Naming Rule:
•Object Class;
•Property Term (w/ Qualifier);
•Representation Term
•Single inheritance only
•Entity; relationships; properties; instances; cardinality; functions/processes;
constraints/rules; context
•Almost any relationship and rules can be
modeled
•RDF tripartite Data
Model:
•Subject
•Predicate
•Object
•Multiple inheritance is possible