- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 11:03:49 -0500
- To: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com>
- Cc: Antoine Zimmermann <antoine.zimmermann@emse.fr>, RDF-WG WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>
On May 10, 2013, at 6:54 AM, David Wood wrote: > > On May 10, 2013, at 04:11, Antoine Zimmermann <antoine.zimmermann@emse.fr> wrote: > >> Le 09/05/2013 22:51, David Wood a écrit : >>> Thanks, Pat. The editors' draft has been changed. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> -- >>> http://about.me/david_wood >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 9, 2013, at 02:35, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote: >>> >>>> the conjunction of two RDF graphs is their merge. >>>> >>>> // >>>> >>>> the conjunction of two RDF graphs is their union. >> >> Huh, what? This is not correct. Please revert. > > Concepts does not currently define the term merge. If you would like to use "merge" (which I agree would make more sense in this context), then we should formally define what a merge looks like or reference where it is defined. > > I see that "merge" is defined in section 3 of Semantics and equated to a union: > [[ > "A **union or merge** may be represented by a new RDF source, or may be thought of as a conceptual entity when describing RDF processing." > ]] > (emphasis mine) > > So, I propose to revert the word "union" back to "merge" as Antoine suggested and add a reference to section 3 of Semantics. Is that acceptable to everyone? No, check the newer version of semantics. Following discussion, it now does not equate merge with union. I would prefer to either use "union" or omit this altogether from Concepts. (It belongs better in Semantics in any case.) The whole idea of a merge is archaic and confusing, and should not be mentioned in Concepts. No RDF process uses merge; that is, standardizing apart blank nodes (as opposed to standardizing apart blank node identifiers, which is a different matter altogether.) Pat > > Regards, > Dave > -- > http://about.me/david_wood > > >> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Antoine Zimmermann >> ISCOD / LSTI - Institut Henri Fayol >> École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne >> 158 cours Fauriel >> 42023 Saint-Étienne Cedex 2 >> France >> Tél:+33(0)4 77 42 66 03 >> Fax:+33(0)4 77 42 66 66 >> http://zimmer.aprilfoolsreview.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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