- From: Thomas B. Passin <tpassin@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:44:09 -0400
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
Harry Halpin wrote: > Again, I would recommend reading the part about Kripke in the > paper. That's the theory WPN is based on -> a referent such as the person > identified by "Jon Hanna" is going to be Jon Hanna even if he grows his > hair and wears bright yellow. That's why many of the parameters in > WPN are option. I think this is equivalent to saying that some properties are "inverseFunctional" (in that horrible OWL term), and most are not. > > Again, I think Thomas Passim's solution of adding RDF predicates > is a good direction for thought: > 1) subjectIsTheThingReturnedByThisURI > 2) theDocumentAtThisUriDescribesTheSubject > 3) theDocumentAtThisUriIsAboutTheSubject > > Any debate on these? Still, Web Proper Names are meant to solve the > problem in a RDF-neutral matter, and can solve via either a new URI > scheme or using a new format (RDDL-based) for representing things qua > things. Enjoying the discussion... No matter how you decide to indicate this kind of notion, I suggest that we first get clear about what is desired semantically. Then there can be different ways to express the concept. I think/claim that the three kinds of relations summarized above in the three predicate names encompass the most common (by far) needs for relating subjects to URIs in rdf/topic maps/you-name-it. Agree? Disagree? Cheers, Tom P -- Thomas B. Passin Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web (Manning Books) http://www.manning.com/catalog/view.php?book=passin
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