Re: simple fix

On May 21, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Peter F.Patel-Schneider wrote:

> From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
> Subject: Re: simple fix
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 15:07:13 -0500
>
>>>> From: public-rdf-text-request@w3.org [mailto:public-rdf-text-request@w3.org
>>>> ]
>>>> On Behalf Of Sandro Hawke
>>>> Sent: 21 May 2009 21:01
>>>> To: public-rdf-text@w3.org
>>>> Subject: simple fix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can't we just say, as strongly as we need to, that rdf:text is NOT
>>>> for
>>>> use in RDF?
>>
>> Too strong. All we need is that its not for use as the datatype URI  
>> in
>> an RDF typed literal. It would be fine to allow RDFS to reason about
>> the class, for example. Yes, that is pretty much what my earlier
>> suggestion amounts to, in practice.
>
> [...]
>
> Umm, doesn't a prohibition against this effectively run counter to the
> oft-stated goal that "RDF is supposed to be able to say anything about
> anything"?

Well, (a) to hell with that as a goal, and (b) actually, no. My point  
was that RDF can indeed say anything about rdf:text, just not use it  
as a datatype in a typed literal, a purely syntactic restriction.

Pat

>
>> Pat
>
> peter
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