- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:06:35 -0700
- To: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-semweb-lifesci <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
> >>>>> "EJ" == Eric Jain <Eric.Jain@isb-sib.ch> writes: > > EJ> Just catching up on reading papers :-) > > EJ> <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/S3/S2> > > EJ> "It is also useful to know who believes something and > EJ> why. However, there is no standard way of expressing such > EJ> information about a statement [...]" > > EJ> Reification? > >That's who, not why. The Gene Ontologies evidence codes are and >references are much closer. > >Also, I am not sure of the semantics of reification. Does it mean "I >made this statement", "I believe this statement" or "I am the person >responsible for the evidence on which this statement is based". All >three are independent I think. None of these. It just gives you a way to refer to 'this statement'. What you say ABOUT the statement is up to you, and requires an ontology of statement-making or belief or responsibility. For one suggested approach to all this (which avoids the rather clunky RDF reification mechanism) see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2004/HPL-2004-57R1.html Pat Hayes >Phil -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 cell phayesAT-SIGNihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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