Knows Of

URI: http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/knowsOf

A property representing a person who has come to be known to this person through their actions or position.

Semantics

Having this property implies being a foaf:Person. Every value of this property is a foaf:Person. It is a sub-property of owl:differentFrom.

Status

• 2010-02-09 - semantic change by Ian Davis: Assert that foaf:knows is rdfs:subPropertyOf rel:knowsOf
• 2010-02-09 - semantic change by Ian Davis: Asserted that this property is a sub-property of owl:differentFrom, indicating that this is a relationship between different individuals
• 2010-02-09 - semantic change by Ian Davis: Removed assertion that this property is a sub-property of foaf:knows due to reciprocity requirements. It is possible for one to know of another without that person knowing the first.

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