Protocols Reference


                    
                    
                    OWLAnonymousClassExpression

The super interface for all class expressions which are not named class expressions (i.e. all class expressions which are not OWLClass).

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLAnonymousClassExpression <OWLClassExpression>

Swift

protocol OWLAnonymousClassExpression : OWLClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLAnonymousIndividual

Represents Anonymous Individuals in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLAnonymousIndividual <OWLIndividual>

Swift

protocol OWLAnonymousIndividual : OWLIndividual


                    
                    
                    OWLAxiom

Represents Axioms in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLAxiom <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLAxiom : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLBooleanClassExpression

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLBooleanClassExpression <OWLAnonymousClassExpression> @end

Swift

protocol OWLBooleanClassExpression : OWLAnonymousClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLCardinalityRestriction

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLCardinalityRestriction <OWLQuantifiedRestriction>

/// The cardinality of this restriction.
@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSUInteger cardinality;

/// Determines if this restriction is qualified.
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL qualified;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLCardinalityRestriction : OWLQuantifiedRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLClass

Represents a Class in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLClass <OWLClassExpression, OWLIdentifiedEntity, OWLLogicalEntity,
                    OWLNamedObject>

Swift

protocol OWLClass : OWLClassExpression, OWLIdentifiedEntity, OWLLogicalEntity


                    
                    
                    OWLClassAssertionAxiom

Represents ClassAssertion axioms in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLClassAssertionAxiom <OWLIndividualAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLClassAssertionAxiom : OWLIndividualAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLClassAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLClassAxiom <OWLLogicalAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLClassAxiom : OWLLogicalAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLClassExpression

Represents Class Expressions in the OWL 2 specification. This protocol covers named and anonymous classes.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLClassExpression <OWLObject, OWLPropertyRange>

Swift

protocol OWLClassExpression : OWLPropertyRange


                    
                    
                    OWLDataFactory

An interface for creating entities, class expressions and axioms.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLDataFactory <NSObject>

Swift

protocol OWLDataFactory : NSObjectProtocol


                    
                    
                    OWLDeclarationAxiom

Represents a Declaration in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLDeclarationAxiom <OWLAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLDeclarationAxiom : OWLAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLDisjointClassesAxiom

Represents a DisjointClasses axiom in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLDisjointClassesAxiom <OWLNAryClassAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLDisjointClassesAxiom : OWLNAryClassAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLEntity

Represents Entities in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLEntity <OWLNamedObject>

Swift

protocol OWLEntity : OWLNamedObject


                    
                    
                    OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom

Represents an EquivalentClasses axiom in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom <OWLNAryClassAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLEquivalentClassesAxiom : OWLNAryClassAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLIdentifiedEntity

Allows the conversion of OWLEntity to numerical identifiers and back.

Warning

This protocol is very unsafe, so it should be used sparingly.

Note

All OWLEntity instances also implement this protocol, so it can be used by simply casting to OWLIdentifiedEntity.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLIdentifiedEntity <OWLEntity>

Swift

protocol OWLIdentifiedEntity : OWLEntity


                    
                    
                    OWLIndividual

Represents a named or anonymous individual.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLIndividual <OWLObject, OWLPropertyAssertionObject>

Swift

protocol OWLIndividual : OWLPropertyAssertionObject


                    
                    
                    OWLIndividualAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLIndividualAxiom <OWLLogicalAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLIndividualAxiom : OWLLogicalAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLLogicalAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLLogicalAxiom <OWLAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLLogicalAxiom : OWLAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLLogicalEntity

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLLogicalEntity <OWLEntity> @end

Swift

protocol OWLLogicalEntity : OWLEntity


                    
                    
                    OWLNAryAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLNAryAxiom <OWLAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLNAryAxiom : OWLAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLNAryBooleanClassExpression

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLNAryBooleanClassExpression <OWLBooleanClassExpression>

/// The operands of this class expression.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSSet<id<OWLClassExpression>> *operands;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLNAryBooleanClassExpression : OWLBooleanClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLNAryClassAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLNAryClassAxiom <OWLClassAxiom, OWLNAryAxiom>

/// The top level class expressions that appear in this axiom.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSSet<id<OWLClassExpression>> *classExpressions;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLNAryClassAxiom : OWLClassAxiom, OWLNAryAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLNamedIndividual

Represents a named individual.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol
    OWLNamedIndividual <OWLIndividual, OWLIdentifiedEntity, OWLLogicalEntity>

Swift

protocol OWLNamedIndividual : OWLIdentifiedEntity, OWLIndividual, OWLLogicalEntity


                    
                    
                    OWLNamedObject

Represents a named object for example, class, property, ontology etc.

i.e. anything that has an IRI as its name.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLNamedObject <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLNamedObject : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLObject

Represents a generic OWL object.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObject <NSObject, NSCopying>

Swift

protocol OWLObject : NSCopying, NSObjectProtocol


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectAllValuesFrom

Represents an ObjectAllValuesFrom class expression in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectAllValuesFrom <OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectAllValuesFrom : OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction <OWLCardinalityRestriction>

#pragma mark OWLRestriction

/// The property/properties that the restriction acts along.
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression> property;

#pragma mark OWLQuantifiedRestriction

/// The filler of this restriction.
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<OWLClassExpression> filler;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction : OWLCardinalityRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectComplementOf

Represents an ObjectComplementOf class expression in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectComplementOf <OWLBooleanClassExpression>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectComplementOf : OWLBooleanClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectExactCardinality

Represents an ObjectExactCardinality restriction in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectExactCardinality <OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectExactCardinality : OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectIntersectionOf

Represents an ObjectIntersectionOf class expression in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectIntersectionOf <OWLNAryBooleanClassExpression>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectIntersectionOf : OWLNAryBooleanClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectMaxCardinality

Represents an ObjectMaxCardinality restriction in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectMaxCardinality <OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectMaxCardinality : OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectMinCardinality

Represents an ObjectMinCardinality restriction in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectMinCardinality <OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectMinCardinality : OWLObjectCardinalityRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectProperty

Represents an Object Property in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectProperty <OWLObjectPropertyExpression, OWLIdentifiedEntity,
                             OWLProperty>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectProperty : OWLIdentifiedEntity, OWLObjectPropertyExpression, OWLProperty


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom

Represents an ObjectPropertyAssertion axiom in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom <OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyAssertionAxiom : OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectPropertyAxiom <OWLPropertyAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyAxiom : OWLPropertyAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom <OWLObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom>

#pragma mark OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom

/// The property expression that this axiom describes.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression> property;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom : OWLObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom

Represents ObjectPropertyDomain axioms in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom <OWLPropertyDomainAxiom,
                                        OWLObjectPropertyAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyDomainAxiom : OWLObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLPropertyDomainAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyExpression

Represents an ObjectPropertyExpression in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectPropertyExpression <OWLPropertyExpression>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyExpression : OWLPropertyExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom

Represents ObjectPropertyRange axioms in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol
    OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom <OWLPropertyRangeAxiom, OWLObjectPropertyAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectPropertyRangeAxiom : OWLObjectPropertyAxiom, OWLPropertyRangeAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom

Represents an ObjectSomeValuesFrom class expression in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom <OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction>

Swift

protocol OWLObjectSomeValuesFrom : OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLOntology

Represents an OWL 2 Ontology in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLOntology <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLOntology : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLOntologyManager

An OWLOntologyManager manages a set of ontologies. It is the main point for creating, loading and accessing ontologies.

An OWLOntologyManager also manages the mapping betweem an ontology and its ontology document.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLOntologyManager <NSObject>

Swift

protocol OWLOntologyManager : NSObjectProtocol


                    
                    
                    OWLProperty

A marker interface for properties that aren’t expression i.e. named properties.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLProperty <OWLPropertyExpression, OWLLogicalEntity, OWLNamedObject>

Swift

protocol OWLProperty : OWLLogicalEntity, OWLPropertyExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom

Represents a Property Assertion in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom <OWLIndividualAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyAssertionAxiom : OWLIndividualAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyAssertionObject

A marker interface for the types of property assertion objects (individuals and literals) that are the objects of property assertions.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyAssertionObject <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyAssertionObject : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyAxiom <OWLLogicalAxiom> @end

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyAxiom : OWLLogicalAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyDomainAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyDomainAxiom <OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom>

/// The domain specified by this property axiom.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) id<OWLClassExpression> domain;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyDomainAxiom : OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyExpression

Represents a property or possibly the inverse of a property.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyExpression <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyExpression : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyRange

A marker interface, for objects that can be the ranges of properties.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyRange <OWLObject>

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyRange : OWLObject


                    
                    
                    OWLPropertyRangeAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLPropertyRangeAxiom <OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom>

/// The range specified by this axiom.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) id<OWLPropertyRange> range;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLPropertyRangeAxiom : OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction <OWLQuantifiedRestriction>

#pragma mark OWLRestriction

/// The property/properties that the restriction acts along.
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<OWLObjectPropertyExpression> property;

#pragma mark OWLQuantifiedRestriction

/// The filler of this restriction.
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<OWLClassExpression> filler;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLQuantifiedObjectRestriction : OWLQuantifiedRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLQuantifiedRestriction

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLQuantifiedRestriction <OWLRestriction>

/// The filler of this restriction.
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<OWLPropertyRange> filler;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLQuantifiedRestriction : OWLRestriction


                    
                    
                    OWLRestriction

Represents a restriction (Object Property Restriction or Data Property Restriction) in the OWL 2 specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLRestriction <OWLAnonymousClassExpression>

Swift

protocol OWLRestriction : OWLAnonymousClassExpression


                    
                    
                    OWLSubClassOfAxiom

Represents a SubClassOf axiom in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLSubClassOfAxiom <OWLClassAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLSubClassOfAxiom : OWLClassAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom

Represents a TransitiveObjectProperty axiom in the OWL 2 Specification.

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol
    OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom <OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom>

Swift

protocol OWLTransitiveObjectPropertyAxiom : OWLObjectPropertyCharacteristicAxiom


                    
                    
                    OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom

Undocumented

Declaration

Objective-C

@protocol OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom <OWLPropertyAxiom>

/// The property expression that this axiom describes.
@property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) id<OWLPropertyExpression> property;

@end

Swift

protocol OWLUnaryPropertyAxiom : OWLPropertyAxiom