- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:22:53 +0100
- To: www-rdf-comments@w3.org, connolly@w3.org
Hi Dan, before the WG discusses this issue I wanted to understand your concern. I believe that you think the concept described in 6.3 Graph Equality http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/#section-graph-equality is one that is relevant to RDF and should be described in RDF Concepts, but that you take issue with it being labelled "Equality". Earlier drafts called this concept "Isomorphism" see: 3.6 Graph Equality http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-rdf-concepts-20020829/#xtocid103648 (which uses both terms) If I have two N-triple files of one line each <eg:a> <eg:b> _:x . and <eg:a> <eg:b> _:y . Do you think they are equal or unequal? Personally, I would say they are equal as RDF graphs, and unequal as text documents. Another example about the usage of the word equal, from mathematics, would be: Take a piece of paper. Near the top draw a circle and put three blobs on it. Near the bottom draw a triangle with a blob on each corner. It would be normal practice in graph theory to say that: Both the circle and the triangle form plane graphs (with the blobs as nodes). And that the two graphs are equal (as graphs). While from a different point of view they are clearly unequal. I'm trying to understand what your issue is, I guess I need to hear a bit more from you. Jeremy
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