- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:54:43 -0500
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Cc: Antoine Zimmermann <antoine.zimmermann@emse.fr>, RDF WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Aug 22, 2012, at 2:04 AM, Ivan Herman wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2012, at 21:48 , Pat Hayes wrote: > [snip] >>> >>> >>> Antoine, I have the impression that we are actually in agreement. The document we have put forward has two essential points: >>> >>> - we would have a default semantics in the form of the quoting semantics >> >> >> Whoa. I do not know what y'all mean by a "default semantics". Is this a default that can be overridden? If so, I know of NO semantic theory anywhere in logic or linguistics that can provide this. If y'all want this, you are on your own. >> >> If not, what exactly is it supposed to mean? >> >> Pat > > > What I meant is: this is the semantics that is standardized to be valid in the absence of any other indication. I did not say anything else. And Antoine agrees. OK, then a better term would be "weak" or "minimal" semantics. "default" sounds like nomonotonicity (being overridable) to me. Pat > > Ivan > > > ---- > Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead > Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > mobile: +31-641044153 > FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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