- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:38:25 -0600
- To: nathan@webr3.org
- Cc: David Wood <david.wood@talis.com>, RDF WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
Yup, Pat confirms that is his understanding also. (I'm still not *exactly* sure what a g-snap is (Platonic abstract set or instantaneous data structure) but I also don't think it matters very much.) Pat On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Nathan wrote: > David Wood wrote: >> On Feb 24, 2011, at 13:12, Pat Hayes wrote: >>> It is much simpler: it is just wanting the WG to acknowledge that "an RDF graph" can either be a mathematical set, or it can be some kind of document or data structure or file than can be transmitted over a computer network. But it can't be both. >> What is the difference between an "RDF graph" and a RESTful "resource"? What is the difference between an "RDF graph token" and a RESTful "representation"? > > REST maps a resource to a set of values over time, each single value has a 1:N relationship with representations, "RDF Graph" (the mathematical set, platonic abstraction, g-snap) equates to a single value, and "RDF Graph Token" equates to a representation of that single value. > > In other mails, Sandro's, g-box equates to a RESTful resource, something which maps to different values (g-snaps) over time, where g-snap is a snapshot of the state of the g-box. > > RDF doesn't currently cater for anything like a g-box, and both a value and a representation of that value are given the same name "RDF Graph", which I believe was Pats original point. > > Hopefully Pat will confirm if that understanding is correct. > > Best, > > Nathan > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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