Re: Contextualization ---> Optional bundle in Specialization

Hi Graham,

On 06/28/2012 12:47 PM, Timothy Lebo wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Graham Klyne wrote:
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>> On 27/06/2012 22:19, Luc Moreau wrote:
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>>> Are you trying to say that if
>>>
>>> specializationOf(luc-in-boston,luc)
>>> specializationOf(luc-in-soton,luc)
>>>
>>> You cannot see any semantic distinction between luc-in-boston and luc-in-soton?????
>>> Surely, there is a difference!
>>>        
>> Indeed I cannot.
>>
>> There is no semantically discernible difference here.  Under alpha conversion (change of local variable name), it would be semantically equivalent to claim
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>> specializationOf(a,luc)
>> specializationOf(b,luc)
>>
>> Now what's the difference here between a and b?
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>> They might logically be the same thing.
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> Absolutely!
> And they might logically be distinct things.
> One simply doesn't know, and nobody should assume one way or another.
>
> As far as I can tell, any RDF triple ever asserted will feed your concern about breaking the semantics or RDF.
>
> -Tim
>
>
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In fact, I don't understand what this discussion has to do with 
contextualizationOf (or any renaming it).

All the concerns you have Graham apply to the whole of PROV, 
irrespective of bundle/contextualization.

Luc


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