- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:51:19 -0800
- To: Alex Hall <alexhall@revelytix.com>
- Cc: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>, RDF WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Feb 8, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > The difficulty, of course, is that this example involves the comparison of physical data structures in memory, not abstract mathematical values. Since RDF Semantics deals with abstract mathematical values, I've attempted to limit my discussion to that. Hmmm. The abstract values that RDF semantics talks about can be *anything*, including physical datastructures in memory, if that is what you want the value space to be. But the value space has to be well-defined: if it is p.s.i.m., then it isn't numbers, is all. But RDF doesnt care which you choose. The XSD value spaces are quite well-defined, but they aren't mathematical numbers as usually understood by mathematicians. Which is perfectly fine: some of my best friends are nonstandard models of arithmetic. Pat ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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