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Re: [ontolog-forum] Hierarchy of Types in the Fortress language

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From: paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:10:45 +0200
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John
thanks for opening up a possibly thorny issue    (01)


>
> Bottom line:  If good programming practices can support
> full multiple inheritance, there is no justification for
> an ontology that does not support multiple inheritance.    (02)

I would tend to agree, except where single inheritance may be
determined by axiom
(constraint) - which can happen at certain top levels of the hierchy    (03)

if I understand you right    (04)


Paola Di Maio    (05)

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Paola Di Maio
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