In the [[Ontology]] tool [[Protege]], they give prominent positioning to the `Class Disjoint` feature, which was surprising at first. Since learning what it was, I've adopted the vocab word. Turns out it's a basic part of the [[Ontology Language]] [[OWL]].
> [!cite] Disjoint
> Classes that are _disjoint_ cannot have any common instance
[[Turtle]] expression for disjointedness:
```turtle
[] rdf:type owl:AllDisjointClasses ;
owl:members ( :Woman :Man ) .
```
# Example disjoints:
- animalia / plantea
- internal candidate / external candidate
- EV / Gas-powered vehicle / Hybrid vehicle
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# More
## Source
- Documentation for protégé
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