传递属性的等价类

时间:2018-06-04 21:03:16

标签: owl ontology protege reasoner hermit

我有一个可传递的对象属性partOf

我想说:

  • a partOf Year然后aTerm
  • b partOf Term然后bCourse

同时:

  • a partOf Knowledge_Group然后aKnowledge_Area
  • b partOf Knowledge_Area然后bCourse

为此,我使用它来说b partOf Term or Knowledge_Area,然后bCourse

:Course rdf:type owl:Class ;
        owl:equivalentClass [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
                              owl:onProperty :partOf ;
                              owl:someValuesFrom [ rdf:type owl:Class ;
                                                   owl:unionOf ( :Knowledge_Area
                                                                 :Term
                                                               )
                                                 ]
                            ] .

但是当我运行推理器时,我将所有课程列为课程Term的实例,并且Knowledge_Area的实例相同:

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如果我不使用or,并将该课程设置为仅相当于partOf some TermpartOf some Knowledge_Area(另外一个,一次一个),我就不会这样做得到这个问题。

有没有办法可以说出我在开头解释的内容而不是推断出类型为Term的课程?

Here there is a minimal example

@prefix : <http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix xml: <http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@base <http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27> .

<http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27> rdf:type owl:Ontology .

#################################################################
#    Object Properties
#################################################################

###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#partOf
:partOf rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ,
                 owl:TransitiveProperty .


#################################################################
#    Classes
#################################################################

###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Course
:Course rdf:type owl:Class ;
        owl:equivalentClass [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
                              owl:onProperty :partOf ;
                              owl:someValuesFrom [ rdf:type owl:Class ;
                                                   owl:unionOf ( :Knowledge_Area
                                                                 :Term
                                                               )
                                                 ]
                            ] .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Knowledge_Area
:Knowledge_Area rdf:type owl:Class ;
                owl:equivalentClass [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
                                      owl:onProperty :partOf ;
                                      owl:someValuesFrom :Knowledge_Group
                                    ] .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Knowledge_Group
:Knowledge_Group rdf:type owl:Class ;
                 owl:disjointWith :Year .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Term
:Term rdf:type owl:Class ;
      owl:equivalentClass [ rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
                            owl:onProperty :partOf ;
                            owl:someValuesFrom :Year
                          ] .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Year
:Year rdf:type owl:Class .


#################################################################
#    Individuals
#################################################################

###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Course_1
:Course_1 rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual ;
          :partOf :Knowledge_Area_1 ,
                  :Term_1 .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Knowledge_Area_1
:Knowledge_Area_1 rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual ;
                  :partOf :Knowledge_Group_1 .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Knowledge_Group_1
:Knowledge_Group_1 rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual ,
                            :Knowledge_Group .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Term_1
:Term_1 rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual ;
        :partOf :Year_1 .


###  http://www.semanticweb.org/lucia/ontologies/2018/5/untitled-ontology-27#Year_1
:Year_1 rdf:type owl:NamedIndividual ,
                 :Year .


###  Generated by the OWL API (version 4.2.8.20170104-2310) https://github.com/owlcs/owlapi

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

传递角色的语义是(x, y) \in R(y, z) \in R然后是(x, z) \in R。基于你的本体论,你有:

(1)Course_1 partOf Knowledge_Area_1 partOf Knowledge_Group_1表示Course_1 partOf Knowledge_Group_1,相当于Knowledge_Area

(2)Course_1 partOf Term_1 partOf partOf Year_1表示Course_1 partOf Year_1,相当于Term

因此Course_1TermKnowledge_Area,而Course相当于Term or Knowledge_AreaCourse_1也是Course这就是解释为什么Course_1Term的原因。

在我看来,这里要认识到的关键是你实际上处理的是不同的partOf关系,而不是一个关系。这个事实的线索是,在不同的上下文中,您希望从partOf关系中推断出不同的类型信息。来自OWL中关系的类型信息主要来自域和范围限制。以下是您的问题的可能解决方案:

ObjectProperty: partOf

ObjectProperty: partOfKA
    SubPropertyOf: partOf
    Domain: Course

ObjectProperty: partOfKG
    SubPropertyOf: partOf
    Domain: Knowledge_Area

ObjectProperty: partOfTerm
    SubPropertyOf: partOf
    Domain: Course

ObjectProperty: partOfYear
    SubPropertyOf: partOf
    Domain: Term

Class: Course
Class: Knowledge_Area


Class: Knowledge_Group
    DisjointWith: Year

Class: Term

Class: Year
    DisjointWith: Knowledge_Group

Individual: Course_1
    Facts:  
     partOfKA  Knowledge_Area_1,
     partOfTerm  Term_1

Individual: Knowledge_Area_1
    Facts:  partOfKG  Knowledge_Group_1

Individual: Knowledge_Group_1
    Types: Knowledge_Group


Individual: Term_1
    Facts: partOfYear  Year_1

Individual: Year_1
    Types: Year

严格地说,在我的示例本体中你不需要partOf属性。我只是为了概念清晰而添加它。而且,在我的示例本体中,不需要传递属性。