Re: [DBpedia-discussion] Call for Ontology Editor demos for DBpedia

2017-07-07 Thread Sebastian Samaruga
OK. I agree with you. But what if one could infer such types not only for subjects but also for properties (domain / range) and objects playing some role in an statement. And what if this builds hierarchies of more generalized / specialized types (or what I call 'Kinds'): more / less attributes in

Re: [DBpedia-discussion] Call for Ontology Editor demos for DBpedia

2017-07-07 Thread jaccoud
Yes, it is possible to define classes solely on the properties of the subjects, following the philosophic view what a thing IS can only be defined based on the properties that you can percieve in it. This may be true, but is not useful. Yes, you can say that a Person has a birthDate, but the de

Re: [DBpedia-discussion] Call for Ontology Editor demos for DBpedia

2017-07-07 Thread jaccoud
Yes, it is possible to define classes solely on the properties of the subjects, following the philosophic view what a thing IS can only be defined based on the properties that you can percieve in it. This may be true, but is not useful. Yes, you can say that a Person has a birthDate, but the de