Actually, it is the other way around. Restriction on a class applies to all of 
its subclasses, domain or range declarations don't necessarily apply to all 
subclasses. 

This is according to the standard semantics. However, in practical use, people 
typically only say that a property is in a domain or a range of a class if it 
is true for all it's subclasses. This is a point Holger is making.

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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Jack Hodges <jhodgesa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All aspects of object orientation (encapsulation, inheritance, and 
> polymorphism) apply equally to class members and methods. In OWL/RDF we have 
> class inheritance but we don't have the structure of a class such as we do in 
> programming languages. The triple of S-P-O is a very simple structure, so 
> there isn't any structure to encapsulate nor is there structure to use 
> differently in different contexts (polymorphism). I mention this not to 
> negate anything you have said but because some of the things you said about 
> OO and OWL/RDF aren't completely clear. So to be clear, when we define 
> restrictions on a class (e.g., that some class B has a restriction of 
> predicate p), that restriction is not inherited on a subclass B1 of B. True?
> 
> On the other hand, when we define a predicate p with a domain of A, any 
> subclass A1 of A will apply equally as a domain of p. True?
> 
> These two contexts are different.
> 
> Jack
> 
>> On Friday, June 20, 2014 2:23:57 AM UTC-7, Bohms, H.M. (Michel) wrote:
>> Hi Holger, Scot
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> We are very eager to get some info on our earlier posted issue:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> “
>> 
>> When I define a class A and a subclass A1
>> 
>> And a property P with domain A
>> 
>> In tbc when instantiating A1 the property is shown. Why is that?
>> 
>> My assumption is that this property is not ‘inherited’ to its subclass.
>> 
>> Is that right?
>> 
>> “
>> 
>> Thx very much for your consideration. In NL were working on a national 
>> modeling guide in which linking classes <> properties is an important issue 
>> (typically difficult/different for many involved since it differs from 
>> tradiotional modeling approaches).
>> 
>> Thx Michel
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
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