Classes, Resources, …
- Think of well known in traditional ontologies:
- use the term “mammal”
- “every dolphin is a mammal”
- “Flipper is a dolphin”
- etc.
- RDFS defines resources and classes:
- everything in RDF is a “resource”
- “classes” are also resources, but…
- they are also a collection of possible resources (i.e., “individuals”)
- “mammal”, “dolphin”, …