- From: Graham Klyne <graham.klyne@zoo.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:20:04 +0000
- To: public-prov-wg@w3.org
On 16/01/2012 15:49, James Cheney wrote: > Hi, > > This seems relevant to the 3-level vs. 2-level discussion (issue 212): > > Do we want to distinguish between "things" (that can change over time) and "entities" (pieces of information about things bounded by an interval in time)? Or do we want to view a "thing" as the all-encompassing entity that all more-specific entities about it specialize? In my view, the latter option. "Thing" is not distinct from "entity", just (if you like) a limiting least specialized case. #g -- > On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Luc Moreau wrote: > >> Hi Paolo, >> >> But, what is the answer to this question? I dont know. I think the text should clarify it. >> >> On 01/16/2012 02:31 PM, Paolo Missier wrote: >>> >>> When you write "e1 and e2 provide two different characterization of the >>> same entity", >>> which "same entity" do you mean? Is it e3 in the example? >> Luc >> >> -- >> Professor Luc Moreau >> Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 >> University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 >> Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk >> United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm >> >> >> > >
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