- From: Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:38:58 -0400
- To: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Cc: Jim McCusker <mccusj@rpi.edu>, Jeremy J Carroll <jjc@syapse.com>, Umutcan SIMSEK <s.umutcan@gmail.com>, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>, w3c semweb HCLS <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Hello David,
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 6:31 PM, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I still do not understand your point. I have been talking
> very narrowly about existing RDF Semantics. It sounds like you are talking
> much more broadly about context, but I don't know what you mean. Clearly
> 1.376 has no meaning without context. To interpret it it correctly, you
> need to know that it is supposed to represent a number, it is represented in
> base 10, etc. It is completely meaningless without knowing how to interpret
> it. What is the analogy that you are trying to illustrate?
If I told people "David Booth is 4.9 foot tall.", would you object?
Take care
Oliver
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Received on Monday, 18 March 2013 22:39:27 UTC