org.semanticweb.owl.model
Interface OWLAnnotationAxiom<S extends OWLObject>

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<OWLObject>, OWLAxiom, OWLObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

OWLAxiomAnnotationAxiom, OWLEntityAnnotationAxiom, OWLOntologyAnnotationAxiom

All Known Implementing Classes:

OWLAnnotationAxiomImpl, OWLAxiomAnnotationAxiomImpl, OWLEntityAnnotationAxiomImpl, OWLOntologyAnnotationAxiomImpl

public interface OWLAnnotationAxiom<S extends OWLObject>
extends OWLAxiom

Author: Matthew Horridge
The University Of Manchester
Bio-Health Informatics Group
Date: 25-Oct-2006

Annotation axioms do not affect the logical meaning of an ontology. They can be used to associate arbitrary bits of information with an axiom, for example, who asserted it etc.

Method Summary

OWLAnnotation<? extends OWLObject>	getAnnotation() Gets the actual annotation
S	getSubject() Gets the subject of the annotation.

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLAxiom

accept, accept, getAnnotationAxioms, getAxiomType, getReferencedEntities, isLogicalAxiom

Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.model.OWLObject

accept, accept, getSignature

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getSubject

S getSubject()

Gets the subject of the annotation.

getAnnotation

OWLAnnotation<? extends OWLObject> getAnnotation()

Gets the actual annotation

Returns:

The annotation (annotation URI and value).