Re: Skolemization and RDF Semantics

On 2011-04-28, at 10:36, Andy Seaborne wrote:
> 
> On 28/04/11 10:30, Dan Brickley wrote:
>> On 28 April 2011 10:36, Andy Seaborne<andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 27/04/11 22:20, Dan Brickley wrote:
>> 
>>>> Genid +1
>>>> Bnode -1
>>>> Skolem -1
>>> 
>>> I think "genid" is too generic -- "id generation" and URIs from ids, happens
>>> in other situations like keys in data.
>> 
>> Who is the audience? We're not branding a company or product here, so
>> usual discussion of messaging and ambiguity might not hold.
> 
> Data publishers.
> 
> Using a generic name might imply it can be used for other generated ids, which makes the reversibility suspect.

Equally, it could be intended though.

There's a risk that someone might see the .well-known/genid/ pattern in published URIs, and copy it without realising the full consequences, but I don't see how calling it /Skolem/, or /xbnode/, or anything else makes that any less likely.

- Steve

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