At 06:13 PM 12/11/00 -0600, pat hayes wrote: >But if this is correct, then what exactly IS asserted by the assertion of >a reified description? If it is asserting that the described triple >exists, then there is literally no point in saying that. If that were the only way reification could be used, I would agree. My understanding is that a key use of the "reification quad" is to establish the properties of a resource about which one can make further assertions about the statement thus described. E.g. that it was stated by a certain person at a certain time, or that it is equivalent to some other statement, or ... #g ------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Klyne Content Technologies Ltd. Strategic Research <http://www.mimesweeper.com> <Graham.Klyne@mimesweeper.com> ------------------------------------------------------------Received on Tuesday, 12 December 2000 02:08:32 GMT
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