com.epimorphics.rdfutil

Class OntologyUtil

java.lang.Object

com.epimorphics.rdfutil.OntologyUtil

public class OntologyUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OntologyUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource	commonSuperClass(com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource c1, com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource c2) Return the common superclass of two classes, of null if there is no common superclass in the raw ontologies (OWL inference is not used so owl:Thing might not be found).
static com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype	commonSuperDatatype(com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype t1, com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype t2) Return the common super type of two xsd type datatypes or return null if they are not compatible.
static List<com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource>	depthfirstSuperclasses(com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource start) Find all the superclasses of the given starting class, in depth first order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OntologyUtil

public OntologyUtil()

Method Detail

commonSuperDatatype

public static com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype commonSuperDatatype(com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype t1,
                                                            com.hp.hpl.jena.datatypes.xsd.XSDDatatype t2)

Return the common super type of two xsd type datatypes or return null if they are not compatible.

commonSuperClass

public static com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource commonSuperClass(com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource c1,
                                                  com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource c2)

Return the common superclass of two classes, of null if there is no common superclass in the raw ontologies (OWL inference is not used so owl:Thing might not be found).

depthfirstSuperclasses

public static List<com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource> depthfirstSuperclasses(com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource start)

Find all the superclasses of the given starting class, in depth first order. Assumes the model does not have closure statements for rdfs:subClassOf.