Re: Real-world concept URIs

On 7/16/14 9:55 AM, Pieter Colpaert wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Short version:
>
> I want real-world concepts to be able to have a URI without a 
> "http://". You cannot transfer any real-world concept over an Internet 
> protocol anyway. Why I would consider changing this can be
>
>  * If you don't agree, why?
>  * If you do agree, should we change the definition of a URI? Will 
> this break existing Linked Data infrastructure? 

Pieter,

Short response:

Words denote things.

Terms are words with the added quality of meaning de-reference (lookup) 
i.e., they have the combined qualities of denotation and connotation 
resolution.

A word and a term are slightly different [1].

In natural language (system of signs, syntax, and relation semantics) 
you construct sentences and statements using words and terms, respectively.

The World Wide Web's architecture, via HTTP URIs, caters to the natural 
language needs of denotation, connotation using sentences or statements.

RDF enables the use of IRIs (as words) to denote things (entities) 
described using sentences.

RDF based Linked Data specifically enables the use of HTTP URIs (as 
terms) to denote things (entities) described using statements.

Longer response:

"Pieter" denotes entity "You". How do I obtain a description of you via 
the Web medium without an HTTP URI that denotes you in such a way that 
when said URI is looked up  get a document back that describes you?

 From this post, I can discern the following:

1. "Pieter" is your first-name.
2. "Colpaert" is your last-name.
3. <mailto:pieter.colpaert@ugent.be> is your Email address -- you have a 
mailbox provided by a mail server denoted by the DNS identifier 
<dns:ugent.be> .

I could make a concise machine and human comprehensible description of 
you as follows:

## Turtle Start ##
<>
<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> 
<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Document>;
<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "About: Pieter Colpaert" ;
<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment> """Information gleaned 
from an LOD mailing list thread about Pieter Colpaert""" ;
<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/primaryTopic><#PieterColpaert> ;
<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#seeAlso> <http://bit.ly/1fqJ5yv> .

<#PieterColpaert>
<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> 
<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent> ;
<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name> "Pieter Colpaert" ;
<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/mbox> <mailto:pieter.colpaert@ugent.be> .

## Turtle End ##

Conclusion:

The architecture of the Web (AWWW) isn't the problem, so we don't need 
to change anything. If you want to provide application / service 
specific tweaks to users (end-users or developers) simply build those 
into the relevant solution, by simply leveraging what the underlying 
architecture of the Web offers to you.

A Web Document is a connotation vehicle. Like a piece of paper, so to 
speak. Its something totally distinct from:

[1] what's denoted by an identifier
[2] what's described using a sentence or statement.

If we couldn't use our senses to distinguish between a movie projection 
canvas and an actual motion picture, how would we even make out the 
movie from the projection canvas? The Web is just another medium in 
which old rules (which existed before its creation) still apply.

BTW -- "httpRange-14" denotes an overrated distraction that blurs the 
fact that all we are dealing with here (i.e., in regards to Web 
Architecture) are age-old concepts such as:

1. entities
2. entity denotation
3. entity connotation
4. entity relations
5. encoding and decoding of information .

Links:

[1] http://www.wikihow.com/Differentiate-Between-a-Term-and-a-Word -- 
difference between a Word and a Term
[2] http://slidesha.re/QEqLZN -- RDF and Natural Language
[3] http://bit.ly/WAJGCp -- Global Identifiers & Denotation in a single 
slide .

-- 
Regards,

Kingsley Idehen	
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OpenLink Software
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