Henry S. Thompson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Pat Hayes writes: > >>> Stop, you're both right [1]. The (metadata, bits) pair is a >>> representation of the resource. The resource is a depiction (a kind >>> of representation) of Shakespeare. To some extent, 'represents' is >>> transitive >> Whaaa??? No, it is NOT transitive. A photograph of a book describing a >> statue of George V is not a representation of George V. > > I did say 'to some extent'. A photograph of a painting of George V > surely depicts George V, and an MP3 of a wax cylinder of a player > piano roll of Rubenstein playing the Hammerklavier is still a > rendering of the Hammerklavier. Only if you assume total coverage of the content of the original. Eg. thumbnail images don't depict everything that the source image depicts (we went around that block in FOAF). DanReceived on Monday, 11 June 2007 16:34:14 GMT
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