- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:14:12 +0100
- To: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
At 15:24 24/04/2002 -0500, Pat Hayes wrote: >Guys, I would like some advise on the preferred terminology to use when >discussing reification. > >If we start with a triple > >a b c . > >and reify it, we get a graph of four triples > >_:x rdf:type rdf:Statement . >_:x rdf:subject a . >_:x rdf:predicate b . >_:x rdf:object c . > >1. I think it is correct to refer to the second graph as "a reification" >of the first triple, is that right? yes. >2. Is there a preferred terminology to refer to the bnode which denotes >the triple in the reification, ie _:x in this example? (If not, I will >have to make one up.) M&S uses "reified statement". Brian
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