Re: Concepts Update small but important edit

On May 10, 2013, at 12:03, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:
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> On May 10, 2013, at 6:54 AM, David Wood wrote:
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>> On May 10, 2013, at 04:11, Antoine Zimmermann <antoine.zimmermann@emse.fr> wrote:
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>>> Le 09/05/2013 22:51, David Wood a écrit :
>>>> Thanks, Pat.  The editors'  draft has been changed.
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>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dave
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>>>> On May 9, 2013, at 02:35, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:
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>>>>> the conjunction of two RDF graphs is their merge.
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>>>>> the conjunction of two RDF graphs is their union.
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>>> Huh, what? This is not correct. Please revert.
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>> 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.
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>> I see that "merge" is defined in section 3 of Semantics and equated to a union:
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>> "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)
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>> 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?
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> No, check the newer version of semantics. Following discussion, it now does not equate merge with union. 
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> 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.)


That's fine with me and I'll do it unless we hear from Antoine.  I presume that responds to his concern, though.

Regards,
Dave
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