- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:34:21 -0500
- To: Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- Cc: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.net>, Bob Ferris <zazi@elbklang.net>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>, Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Toby Inkster wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:54:20 +0100 > Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org> wrote: > >> That said, i'm sure sameAs and differentIndividual (or however it is >> called) claims could probably make a mess, if added or removed... > > You can create some pretty awesome messes even without OWL: > > # An rdf:List that loops around... > > <#mylist> a rdf:List ; > rdf:first <#Alice> ; > rdf:next <#mylist> . > > # A looping, branching mess... > > <#anotherlist> a rdf:List ; > rdf:first <#anotherlist> ; > rdf:next <#anotherlist> . > They might be messy, but they are *possible* structures using pointers, which is what the RDF vocabulary describes. Its just about impossible to guarantee that messes can't happen when all you are doing is describing structures in an open-world setting. But I think the cure is to stop thinking that possible-messes are a problem to be solved. So, there is dung in the road. Walk round it. Pat > -- > Toby A Inkster > <mailto:mail@tobyinkster.co.uk> > <http://tobyinkster.co.uk> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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