profile.java

jena2.5.4推理机系统的一种最基本实现 HP实验室出品

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 * Source code information
 * -----------------------
 * Original author    Ian Dickinson, HP Labs Bristol
 * Author email       [e-mail]
 * Package            Jena 2
 * Web                http://sourceforge.net/projects/jena/
 * Created            10 Feb 2003
 * Filename           $RCSfile: Profile.java,v $
 * Revision           $Revision: 1.18 $
 * Release status     $State: Exp $
 *
 * Last modified on   $Date: 2007/01/02 11:48:50 $
 *               by   $Author: andy_seaborne $
 *
 * (c) Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
 * (see footer for full conditions)
 * ****************************************************************************/

// Package
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package com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology;



// Imports
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import com.hp.hpl.jena.enhanced.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.*;

import java.util.Iterator;



/**
 * <p>
 * Interface that encapsulates the elements of a general vocabulary
 * corresponding to a particular ontology language.  The intent is that, using
 * a given vocabulary, a given RDF model can be processed as an ontology
 * description, without binding knowledge of the vocabulary into this Java
 * package. For tractability, this limits the vocabularies that can easily be
 * represented to those that are similar to OWL and DAML+OIL.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Ian Dickinson, HP Labs
 *         (<a  href="mailto:[e-mail]" >email</a>)
 * @version CVS $Id: Profile.java,v 1.18 2007/01/02 11:48:50 andy_seaborne Exp $
 */
public interface Profile
{
    // Constants
    //////////////////////////////////

    // External signature methods
    //////////////////////////////////


    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the string that is the namespace prefix for this vocabulary
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The namespace prefix, for example <code>http://www.w3c.org/2002/07/owl#</code>
     */
    public String NAMESPACE();
    
    
    // Language classes 
    ////////////////////////////////
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class 'class' in this vocabulary.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a class
     */
    public Resource CLASS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the a class formed by placing
     * constraints (restrictions) on the values of a property.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a restriction
     */
    public Resource RESTRICTION();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class all individuals.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of the <i>top</i> class
     */
    public Resource THING();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the necessarily empty class.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept the <i>bottom</i> class.
     */
    public Resource NOTHING();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the general class of properties. This will
     * typically be <code>rdf:Property</code>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a property.
     */
    public Resource PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties whose range
     * elements are individuals (not literals)
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of an object (individual) property.
     */
    public Resource OBJECT_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties whose range
     * elements are literals (not individuals)
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of an object (individual) property.
     */
    public Resource DATATYPE_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties that apply <i>transitively</i>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a transitive property.
     */
    public Resource TRANSITIVE_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties that are <i>symmetric</i>.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a symmetric property.
     */
    public Resource SYMMETRIC_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties that are <i>functional</i>,
     * i&#046;e&#046; whose range is unique for a given domain element.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a functional property.
     */
    public Resource FUNCTIONAL_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of properties that are 
     * <i>inverse functional</i>,
     * i&#046;e&#046; whose domain is unique for a given range element.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of an inverse functional property.
     */
    public Resource INVERSE_FUNCTIONAL_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of axioms denoting that a set of
     * individuals are pairwise distinct. 
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of an all-different axiom.
     */
    public Resource ALL_DIFFERENT();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the class of ontology header elements. Individuals
     * of this class typically associate meta-data about an ontology document with the 
     * classes and properties in the document.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of an ontology header element.
     */
    public Resource ONTOLOGY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the documentation class of deprecated 
     * classes.  Belonging to this class is a hint to developers that a given class
     * has been superceded in a later revision of the ontology.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a deprecated class.
     */
    public Resource DEPRECATED_CLASS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the resource that represents the documentation class of deprecated 
     * properties.  Belonging to this class is a hint to developers that a given property
     * has been superceded in a later revision of the ontology.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The resource that represents the concept of a deprecated property.
     */
    public Resource DEPRECATED_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the class that denotes an annotation property
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The AnnotationProperty class
     */
    public Resource ANNOTATION_PROPERTY();
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the class that denotes an ontology property
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The OntologyProperty class
     */
    public Resource ONTOLOGY_PROPERTY();
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the class that defines a closed range of concrete data values.
     * </p>
     * @return The DataRange class
     */
    public Resource DATARANGE();
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one property has the same property
     * extension as another.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes equivalence between two property resources.
     */
    public Property EQUIVALENT_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one class has the same extension as another.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes equivalence between two class expressions.
     */
    public Property EQUIVALENT_CLASS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one class has no individuals in its 
     * extension in common with another class.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes disjointness between two class expressions.
     */
    public Property DISJOINT_WITH();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one resource represents the same
     * individual as another.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes equivalence between two resources denoting 
     * individuals.
     */
    public Property SAME_INDIVIDUAL_AS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one resource represents the same
     * ontology object as another.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes equivalence between two resources.
     */
    public Property SAME_AS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one resource represents a different
     * individual than another resource.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes distinctness between two individuals.
     */
    public Property DIFFERENT_FROM();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that maps from an {@link #ALL_DIFFERENT} 
     * axiom to the set of individuals that are pair-wise different from
     * each other.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that introduces a list of individuals that are distinct.
     */
    public Property DISTINCT_MEMBERS();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one class is formed from the union
     * (disjunction) of a set of others.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a class defined by a union of class expressions.
     */
    public Property UNION_OF();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one class is formed from the intersection
     * (conjunction) of a set of others.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a class defined by an intersection of class expressions.
     */
    public Property INTERSECTION_OF();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that one class comprises the individuals that are
     * not in a second class.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a class defined by the complement of a class expression.
     */
    public Property COMPLEMENT_OF();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes that a class comprises exactly one of a given
     * closed set individuals.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a class defined its members being one of a give set.
     */
    public Property ONE_OF();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that maps from a {@link #RESTRICTION} to a property that it is
     * a restriction on.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a property that a restriction applies to.
     */
    public Property ON_PROPERTY();
    
    
    /**
     * <p>
     * Answer the predicate that denotes a restriction on a given property to 
     * have only values from the given class expression.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return The property that denotes a local property range restriction.
     */