John
thanks for opening up a possibly thorny issue  (01)
>
> Bottom line: If good programming practices can support
> full multiple inheritance, there is no justification for
> an ontology that does not support multiple inheritance.  (02) 
I would tend to agree, except where single inheritance may be
determined by axiom
(constraint) - which can happen at certain top levels of the hierchy  (03)
if I understand you right  (04)
Paola Di Maio  (05)
>
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Paola Di Maio
School of IT
www.mfu.ac.th
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