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I am wondering if the filename of an RDF/Owl file is in any way necessarily related to the namespace that the objects/classes belong to.

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Antoine Zimmermann · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-26 10:08:40Z UTC

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The RDF and OWL specifications do not enforce anything about the filename or file URI, but it is considered a good practice to use the same namespace to identify the document and the entities it defines.

answered Jul 26 at 10:08

Antoine Zimmermann
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Ankit Jain · Answer 2 · 2010-07-26 12:07:36Z UTC

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XML namespaces need not to resolve to valid url! they can be there indicative.

answered Jul 26 at 12:07

Ankit Jain
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Yes but on the Semantic Web it is nice if everything is dereference able so it always good if the namespace can be resolved to retrieve an RDF description that will tell you more about the terms in that namespace and help you make additional inferences – Rob Vesse Jul 27 at 12:04

Relationship between a namespace and filename

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