- From: <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:43:31 +0300
- To: <GK@ninebynine.org>, <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Cc: <uri@w3.org>
> I don't know if this is just word-play, but my view is not to > attempt to > claim a URI has a single denotation in all possible > interpretations, but to > suggest that there exists a particular intended interpretation, which > provides a denotation for all URIs, and hence that the thing > "identified" > by a URI is that which it denotes in this particular interpretation. > > It seems clear that we don't know enough to completely specify this > interpretation, but on the other hand there are demonstrably a useful > number of things we do agree on for it to be of some practical use. I think this is essentially what I have been trying to express by talking about SW agents "presuming" that URIs have globally consistent intepretations. I.e., that the SW enables consistent, reliable interchange of knowledge by which different SW agents can draw the same conclusions -- because there is this *presumed* single interpretation for all URIs. That doesn't mean that there can't be other interpretations, nor does it mean that there won't be other interpretations, but the practical goals of the SW must *presume* that such a single interpretation holds across the SW in order to achieve any semblance of consistency. Eh? Patrick -- Patrick Stickler, Nokia/Finland, (+358 40) 801 9690, patrick.stickler@nokia.com
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