- From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:18 +0100
- To: public-rdf-wg@w3.org
On 02/05/12 08:13, Dan Brickley wrote: > Does something like that help? > As with all metaphors for computers, it is > important to understand "layers" are a conceptual tool for helping us > understand how "graphs" of information from multiple sources can be > composed, combined and compared. As with calendars and maps, we should > always remember that not every intuition we have about physical layers > carries across to the information metaphor." This part certainly helps - it's a metaphor for thinking about the problem addressed. It's a metaphor, not a definition. Usefully for thinking about some problem spaces; works for some people, not necessarily for all. There can be other metaphors - none is right or wrong. "layers" partly works for me because of the sense of ordering which I can't escape. "layers" don't work for me if the problem has graphs side-by-side to compare, say. But as a way of seeing thing in increasing detail as more information is added into the mix, "layers" does work for me. Andy
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