[protege-discussion] global Slots with class-specific values?

[Jonathan Carter]

You can override the slot constraints at the class level (as opposed  
to top-level). I've not used this with Symbols, so I'm not quite sure  
how that works - but is worth a look. You define the 'brand' slot to  
be of type Symbol, then at each class (in the class browser) you  
double click on the slot and choose view at class (not top-level) when  
the dialog pops up. You can then (hopefully) set the allowed symbol  
values for the slot at this class.
This is the way I've used Instance slots and overridden the allowed  
classes for the Instance when the slot is used in different classes.

Hope this helps

Jonathan
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On 18 Nov 2008, at 18:29, Nick Berry wrote:

> Hi, I'm using Slots for the "brand" attribute of my ontology.  The  
> slot is global and applies to most classes (e.g., "Skis" as well as  
> "Jackets"), but I need it to have a different list of values  
> ("symbols") at every class.  But the rest of the Slot properties  
> (definition, constraints) should be global.  How have others solved  
> this problem?  I don't want to have to create a "brand" Slot for  
> every single class, like brand_Skis, brand_Snowboards,  
> brand_Jackets, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
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