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Property Restrictions


  • (Sub)classes can be created by restricting the behavior of a property on that class
  • (Sub)classes can be created by restricting the behavior of
  • a property on that class
    • “a dolphin is a mammal living in water”
    • we restrict the value of “living in”
  • Restriction may be by:
    • value constraints (i.e., further restrictions on the range)
      • all values must be from a class
      • at least one value must be from a class
    • cardinality constraints
    • (i.e., how many times the property can be used on an instance?)
      • minimum cardinality
      • maximum cardinality
      • exact cardinality

Ivan Herman, W3C 84 (134)