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/*
 * Created on Jan 21, 2004
 */
package org.mindswap.owls.process;

import java.net.URI;

/**
 * @author Evren sirin
 */
public interface ValueRewriter {
	/**
	 * Rewrites an individual which is an instance of the source concept as an 
	 * instance of a target concept (which is possibily defined in a different
	 * ontology) There are a lot of issues related with respect to syntax vs. 
	 * semantics.
	 *  
	 * String
	 * @param individual A string representation of RDF data for an individual
	 * @param sourceC The URI of the source concept
	 * @param targetC The URI of the target concept
	 * @return
	 */
	public String rewrite(String value, URI sourceC, URI targetC);		
}