- From: Thomas Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:14:10 -0400
- To: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Cc: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, Guus Schreiber <guus.schreiber@vu.nl>, public-rdf-wg <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 12:15:17PM -0400, Sandro Hawke wrote: > > The main reason I like 'layer' (and surface) is that data integration > > is RDF's defining and most under-sold feature, and this metaphor does > > highlight that feature... > > I agree. Unfortunately, when I looked at the title "RDF Layers" with > fresh eyes, I immediately thought of the SemWeb layer cake. :-( So, I > put in "Data", sometimes calling them "Data Layers" to help with that. > > In the draft I currently have it flagged as an open issue, with some > other possibilities listed. The one I woke up with this morning was > "spaces". Conceptually it's close enough to tuple spaces that I think > the similarity in names would probably be okay. (I just learned what > Linda was named after...! Who knew...?) > > (Downside to "space" is that is start with "s", so quads are (S,P,O,S) > which is annoying.) "Plane"? Planes are two-dimensional, as opposed to spaces, which are (I think) three-dimensional. Annoyingly, though, it starts with "p". Tom -- Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
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