Re: Sloppy inference rules

Le 20/11/2012 02:18, Pat Hayes a écrit :
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> On Nov 19, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jan Wielemaker wrote:
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>> On 11/19/2012 07:13 PM, Pat Hayes wrote:
>>> How about literals in subject position in a triple?
>>
>> I think it is the same story.  Invites for
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>> "Paris" something:catipalOf "France"
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>> While we all know there are other ways to interpret "Paris".  I
>> think we are doing right to allow for literals only in the object
>> position.
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> This argument is often made.
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> Purely for my own understanding (as I find this argument so obviously
> vacuous that I have trouble understanding how anyone can make it),
> why is this a potential problem but
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> "France" something:hasCapital "Paris"
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> is not?

For sure, for people who don't want literals in subject position, this
is a problem too. Perhaps, the question should be:

"""
why is this a potential problem but:

  <France>  something:hasCapital  "Paris" .

or even

  <Paris>  owl:sameAs  "Paris" .

is not?
"""


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>> Cheers --- Jan
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