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Re: A shot at http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/Overview.html#rdfms-resource-semanti cs

From: Aaron Swartz <aswartz@upclink.com>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 18:50:31 -0500
To: <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com>, Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
CC: <martyn.horner@profium.com>, <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <B71DF075.B062%aswartz@upclink.com> 
Brian McBride wrote:

>  Two resources r1 and r2 can be mapped by D to the same entity.  In that case
>  we say they are equivalent.

I think this is a mistake -- there are many pages which return the same
entity (the same set of text) but we cannot assume from this that they have
equivalent resources. To do so would be a grave mistake.

The entity returned may vary over time while the resource stays the same.
Just because at one point in time they return the same entity does not mean
that they always will.

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