Submissions:CyclicSubClassOf

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Last modified date is: 2010-03-05

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CyclicSubClassOf

Problem

Sometimes there are several syntactical forms (e.g. syntactical sugar) with the same logical meaning. Refactoring patterns can transform one form to another, they are independant of a specific domain. A explicitly defined cyclic SubClassOf chain is more difficult to discover and understand by a human than an EquivalentClassAxiom. Because it is explicitly defined there is not any dange in replacing it with an (explicitly defined) EquivalentClassAxioms.

Non-Ontological Resource

Description	Not applicable for refactoring patterns
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Ontology

Description	The ontology before applying the pattern contains an explicitly defined cyclic SubClassOf chain with an arbitrary number of classes Ci (i > 0): SubClassOf(A C1) SubClassOf(C1 C2) SubClassOf(C2 C3) ... SubClassOf(Cn A)
Graphical Representation	Diagram

Process

Description	Replacing the cyclic SubClassOf chain with an EquivalentClassesAxiom: EquivalentClasses( A C1 C2 C3 ... Cn)
Graphical Representation	Diagram

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Description	Refactoring patterns are independant of a specific scenario resp. domain

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SubmittedBy	OlafNoppens
Author	OlafNoppens
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