- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:41:55 -0500
- To: joel sachs <jsachs@csee.umbc.edu>
- CC: nathan@webr3.org, Ian Davis <me@iandavis.com>, Pete Johnston <Pete.Johnston@eduserv.org.uk>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
On 11/9/10 5:59 PM, joel sachs wrote: > Kingsley, > > I'm not sure that you're joking, so I'll answer: > > 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 > > Joel. > > > > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > >> On 11/9/10 5:04 PM, joel sachs wrote: >>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Kingsley Idehen wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/9/10 11:10 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> A URI is just an Identifier. We can't "Describe" what isn't >>>> unambiguously Identified (Named); >>> >>> Kingsley, >>> >>> I think we can, though we might not be properly understood, e.g. >>> "Kingsley was great in Gandhi and Sexy Beast." >> >> To whom is this unambiguous? >> >> Kingsley >> >>> >>> Wasn't this part of the summer's argument regarding literals as >>> rdf:subjects , i.e. >>> >>> Those opposed: But you might be misunderstood. >>> Those in favour: We'll take our chances. >>> ? >> >>> >>> Joel. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> hence the use of "Names" since the beginning of shared cognition >>>> era re. human evolution. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Kingsley Idehen President& CEO >>>> OpenLink Software >>>> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >>>> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >>>> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen President& CEO >> OpenLink Software >> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen >> >> >> >> >> > > -- 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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