Re: need to determine what RDF is

From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>

> Case 1:
> Does:
>
> <ex:John> <ex:loves> <ex:Mary> .
>
> <_:s1> <rdf:type> <rdf:Statement> .
> <_:s1> <rdf:subject> <var:?x> .
> <_:s1> <rdf:predicate> <ex:loves> .
> <_:s1> <rdf:object> <var:?y> .
>
> <_:s2> <rdf:type> <rdf:Statement> .
> <_:s2> <rdf:subject> <var:?y> .
> <_:s2> <rdf:predicate> <ex:loves> .
> <_:s2> <rdf:object> <var:?x> .
>
> <_:s1> <log:implies> <_:s2> .
>
> Universally-Entail
>
> <ex:Mary> <ex:loves> <ex:John> .

Let's put it this way:  We could construct an automated agent, called here
agentA, which could make that entailment, based upon that graph.  To AgentA,
that entailment is true.  I have no idea what a class of entailments called
'Universal Entailments' would include.  Do you?

Seth Russell

Received on Thursday, 30 May 2002 13:41:24 UTC