Re: What would break, a question for implementors? (was Re: Is 303 really necessary?)

On 11/9/10 5:59 PM, joel sachs wrote:
> Kingsley,
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> I'm not sure that you're joking, so I'll answer:
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> It's unambiguous to those who know that Ben Kingsley was in Gandhi and 
> Sexy Beast. It's probably close to unambiguous to those who know that 
> Ben Kingsley is an actor, and Gandhi and Sexy Beast are movies. To 
> everyone else, it's probably ambiguous, which is my point.

Yes, in the real-world.

On the Web it's totally ambiguous :-)

Kingsley
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> Joel.
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
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>> On 11/9/10 5:04 PM, joel sachs wrote:
>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
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>>>> On 11/9/10 11:10 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
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>>>> A URI is just an Identifier. We can't  "Describe" what isn't 
>>>> unambiguously Identified (Named);
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>>> Kingsley,
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>>> I think we can, though we might not be properly understood, e.g. 
>>> "Kingsley was great in Gandhi and Sexy Beast."
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>> To whom is this unambiguous?
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>> Kingsley
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>>> Wasn't this part of the summer's argument regarding literals as 
>>> rdf:subjects , i.e.
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>>> Those opposed: But you might be misunderstood.
>>> Those in favour: We'll take our chances.
>>> ?
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>>> Joel.
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>>>> hence the use of "Names" since the beginning of shared cognition 
>>>> era re. human evolution.
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>>>> -- 
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>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Kingsley Idehen    President&  CEO
>>>> OpenLink Software
>>>> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
>>>> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
>>>> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen
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>> -- 
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>> Regards,
>>
>> Kingsley Idehen    President&  CEO
>> OpenLink Software
>> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
>> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
>> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen
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Regards,

Kingsley Idehen	
President&  CEO
OpenLink Software
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Received on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 23:42:27 UTC