Umar, could it be owl:equivalentClass? http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#equivalentClass-def
SKOS vocabulary can also be useful: http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/ Martynas graphityhq.com On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Umar Minhas <ufmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > That worked like a charm. Thank you very much Dave! > > Generally speaking, is their a better (more standard) way of capturing > synonyms for concepts, properties etc. ? > > Regards, > -Umar > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reyno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 30/07/15 03:23, Umar Minhas wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am working with an OWL file. And lets say one of the classes is defined >>> as: >>> >>> <owl:Class rdf:about="EmployeeCompensation"> >>> <rdfs:alias>salary</rdfs:alias> >>> <rdfs:alias>earning</rdfs:alias> >>> .... >>> < other properties defined ... omitted> >>> .... >>> </owl:Class> >>> >>> The above example states that I have an OWL Class "EmployeeCompensation" >>> and I have defined "salary" and "earning" as synonyms for this class using >>> "rdfs:alias" tag. >>> >> >> There is no rdfs:alias. If you want to create a new metadata property for >> annotating classes it would better to do so in your own vocabulary. >> >> How can I read all aliases for Class EmployeeCompensation using the Jena >>> API. Any help/pointers are much appreciated. >>> >> >> Just like any other RDF query you can use listStatements, listProperties, >> etc. >> >> First, since rdfs:alias isn't a real thing and isn't in the RDFS >> vocabulary you'll need to create a property to allow you to refer to that, >> e.g. >> >> Property alias = ResourceFactory.createProperty(RDFS.getURI(), "alias"); >> >> Then you can do things like: >> >> for (StmtIterator i = myclass.listProperties(alias); i.hasNext();) { >> System.out.println( i.next().getObject() ) >> } >> >> Dave >>
