Created on Feb. 24, 2013, 3:43 p.m. by Hevok & updated on March 11, 2013, 6:45 p.m. by Hevok
Individuals (Instances) are the basic Components of an Ontology
. The Individuals in an Ontology may include concrete Objects such as People, Animals, Robots, Vehicles, Molecules, and Planets, as well as Abstract Individuals such as Numbers and Words.
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One can state that an Individual is Member of a Class. So one defines Individual simply by their Class Membership. One simply states that it is an Individual of that Class.
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In OWL one has the possibility to define an Individual as an NamedIndividual and later on define it as a Person.
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Definition of Individuals via Class Membership
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:Denigma a :DecipherMachine .
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DecipherMachine(Denigma)
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Individuals can also be defined without direct Class Membership as Named Entity
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:Hevok a owl:NamedIndividual .
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