Ambiguous names. was: Re: URL +1, LSID -1

On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Eric Jain wrote:

>> Yes, but what sorts of statements can be made using http:// 
>> purl.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12345 as the subject? Because it can  
>> mean any of the below, even the protein class itself, how can a  
>> *semantic web* statement be made using it?
>
> http://purl.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12345 is meant to be used for  
> anything that isn't tied to a specific representation, hoped that  
> would be clear?

There are proteins, and there are records about proteins. Records  
come in different formats. If I make a statement using this url, is  
is about the record? or the protein? How should the agent come to know?

-Alan

Received on Monday, 16 July 2007 04:45:25 UTC