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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 16:13:05 +0200
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not sure about 'top level of the hiearchy bit though' sorry, on my way out    (01)

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM,  <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John
> thanks for opening up a possibly thorny issue
>
>
>>
>> Bottom line:  If good programming practices can support
>> full multiple inheritance, there is no justification for
>> an ontology that does not support multiple inheritance.
>
> I would tend to agree, except where single inheritance may be
> determined by axiom
> (constraint) - NOT SURE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING THOUGH (which can happen more 
>frequentlyat certain top levels of the hierarchy, or elsewhere )
>
> if I understand you right
>
>
> Paola Di Maio
>
>>
> --
> Paola Di Maio
> School of IT
> www.mfu.ac.th
> *********************************************
>    (02)



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Paola Di Maio
School of IT
www.mfu.ac.th
*********************************************    (03)

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