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014    
015    package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki.owl;
016    
017    import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.IRI;
018    import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLDeclarationAxiom;
019    import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLLogicalEntity;
020    
021    /**
022     * This interface represents an ontology element that has a representation in OWL.
023     * 
024     * @author Tobias Kuhn
025     */
026    public interface OWLOntoElement {
027    
028            /**
029             * Returns the IRI of the ontology element. This IRI is a concatenation of the
030             * ontology IRI and the IRI suffix of the ontology element.
031             * 
032             * @return The IRI.
033             */
034            public abstract IRI getIRI();
035    
036            /**
037             * This method returns an OWL object for the given ontology element.
038             * 
039             * @return An OWL object.
040             */
041            public abstract OWLLogicalEntity getOWLRepresentation();
042    
043            /**
044             * This method returns an OWL axiom that declares the given ontology element.
045             * 
046             * @return An OWL declaration axiom.
047             */
048            public abstract OWLDeclarationAxiom getOWLDeclaration();
049    
050    }