Re: Terminology Question concerning Web Architecture and Linked Data

On 7/25/07, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:
> A still better way to put it is that there are no identical*s*
> (plural), since if A is identical to B then there is only one thing
> being talked about. Nothing is identical to anything *else*, only to
> itself. These are all synonyms: the set {A, B} has one thing in it; A
> and B are the very same thing; 'A' is just another name for B, and
> 'B' for A; A is identical to B; A=B; owl:sameAs :A :B And that is
> *why* they... er, sorry, it, is indiscernible: because one cannot
> discern between something and itself.

Exactly.  Which is why the fact that the URIs can be used to
indirectly refer to different things means they can't be owl:sameAs.
Do you agree?

Mark.
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