- From: Xiaoshu Wang <wangxiao@musc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:50:36 +0100
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- CC: public-semweb-lifesci hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Alan Ruttenberg wrote: > The W3C use of "representation" doesn't make sense to me. So it's hard > for me to get past a sentence that uses that concept. I tend to think that: Thing = what is referenced by a URI, let's labeled it like T(uri) representation = what is returned when a URI is dereferenced, let's labeled it by R(uri). The current problem is, if uri_1 = uri_2, then T(uri_1) = T(uri_2) should always be true. But, R(uri_1) = R(uri_2) is not necessarily true because it depends on HOW and WHEN the URI is dereferenced. The ambiguity on the semantics of R(uri) causes many problem and needs to be clarified. Xiaoshu
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