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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.providers;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLAnnotationProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDataProperty;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDatatype;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObjectProperty;
/**
* Utility shortcuts for OWL basic entities. For the sake of convenience, this also includes
* RDF/RDFS and XSD entities.
*/
public interface OWLVocabularyProvider {
// Entities and data stuff
/**
* Gets the built in owl:Thing class, which has a URI of
* <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing>
*
* @return The OWL Class corresponding to owl:Thing
*/
OWLClass getOWLThing();
/**
* Gets the built in owl:Nothing class, which has a URI of
* <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Nothing>
*
* @return The OWL Class corresponding to owl:Nothing
*/
OWLClass getOWLNothing();
/**
* @return the built in top object property
*/
OWLObjectProperty getOWLTopObjectProperty();
/**
* @return the built in top data property
*/
OWLDataProperty getOWLTopDataProperty();
/**
* @return The OWL Datatype corresponding to the top data type (rdfs:Literal, with a URI of
* $lt;http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>).
*/
OWLDatatype getTopDatatype();
/**
* @return the built in bottom object property
*/
OWLObjectProperty getOWLBottomObjectProperty();
/**
* @return the built in bottom data property
*/
OWLDataProperty getOWLBottomDataProperty();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code rdfs:label}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code rdfs:label}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getRDFSLabel();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code rdfs:comment}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code rdfs:comment}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getRDFSComment();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code rdfs:seeAlso}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code rdfs:seeAlso}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getRDFSSeeAlso();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code rdfs:isDefinedBy}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code rdfs:isDefinedBy}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getRDFSIsDefinedBy();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code owl:versionInfo}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code owl:versionInfo}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLVersionInfo();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to
* {@code owl:backwardCompatibleWith}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code owl:backwardCompatibleWith}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLBackwardCompatibleWith();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to {@code owl:incompatibleWith}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code owl:incompatibleWith}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLIncompatibleWith();
/**
* Gets an annotation property that has an IRI corresponding to
* {@code owl:backwardCompatibleWith}.
*
* @return An annotation property with an IRI of {@code owl:backwardCompatibleWith}.
*/
OWLAnnotationProperty getOWLDeprecated();
/**
* Gets the rdf:PlainLiteral datatype.
*
* @return The datatype with an IRI of {@code rdf:PlainLiteral}
*/
OWLDatatype getRDFPlainLiteral();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the datatype that represents integers. This datatype will
* have the URI of <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer>
*
* @return An object representing an integer datatype.
*/
OWLDatatype getIntegerOWLDatatype();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the datatype that represents floats. This datatype will
* have the URI of <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#float>
*
* @return An object representing the float datatype.
*/
OWLDatatype getFloatOWLDatatype();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the datatype that represents doubles. This datatype will
* have the URI of <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#double>
*
* @return An object representing a double datatype.
*/
OWLDatatype getDoubleOWLDatatype();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the datatype that represents the boolean datatype. This
* datatype will have the URI of <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean>
*
* @return An object representing the boolean datatype.
*/
OWLDatatype getBooleanOWLDatatype();
/**
* A convenience method that obtains the datatype that represents the string datatype. This
* datatype will have the URI of <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
*
* @return An object representing the string datatype.
*/
OWLDatatype getStringOWLDatatype();
}