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alignments - use owl:equivalentProperty/Class not owl:sameAs #14

Closed dr-shorthair closed 4 years ago

dr-shorthair commented 4 years ago

gnaf-ont has some alignments expressed using owl:sameAs. This is generally not recommended for T-box elements - sameAs is primarily intended to be used for A-box (individuals). It is recommended to use equivalentProperty/Class axioms for T-box alignment.

However, if they are equivalent, then putting the alignment axiom in the ontology graph is tantamount to saying that a local property is not needed, as you can use the equivalent one instead.

dr-shorthair commented 4 years ago

Better to make them rdfs:subPropertyOf (Protege does not like the equivalence in these cases)