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Examples for chapter 3 - RDF

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Small ontology

    <rdfs:Class rdf:ID="staffMember">
       <rdfs:comment>The class of staff members</rdfs:comment>
    </rdfs:Class>

    <rdfs:Class rdf:ID="academicStaffMember">
       <rdfs:comment>The class of academic staff members
       </rdfs:comment>
       <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#staffMember"/>
    </rdfs:Class>

    <rdfs:Class rdf:ID="lecturer">
       <rdfs:comment>
          The class of lecturers.
          All lecturers are academic staff members.
       </rdfs:comment>
       <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#academicStaffMember"/>
    </rdfs:Class>

    <rdfs:Class rdf:ID="course">
       <rdfs:comment>The class of courses</rdfs:comment>
    </rdfs:Class>

    <rdf:Property rdf:ID="isTaughtBy">
       <rdfs:comment>Relates courses and lecturers.</rdfs:comment>
       <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#course"/>
       <rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#lecturer"/>
    </rdf:Property>

Some instances:

    <uni:lecturer rdf:ID="949318"
       uni:name="David Billington"
       uni:title="Associate Professor">
       <uni:teaches rdf:resource="#CIT1111"/>
       <uni:teaches resource="#CIT3112"/>
    </uni:lecturer>

    <uni:lecturer rdf:ID="949111"
       uni:name="Michael Maher"
       uni:title="Professor">
       <uni:teaches rdf:resource="#CIT2112"/>
    </uni:lecturer>

    <uni:course rdf:ID="CIT1111"
       uni:courseName="Discrete Mathematics">
       <uni:isTaughtBy rdf:resource="#949318"/>
    </uni:course>

    <uni:course rdf:ID="CIT1112"
       uni:courseName="Concrete Mathematics">
       <uni:isTaughtBy rdf:resource="#949352"/>
    </uni:course>