Re: Shape inference

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 10:03:12PM +0100, Eric Prudhommeaux wrote:
> > The process does seem like a sort of "inference", but the
> > term is so heavily loaded in common usage towards
> > _semantic_ inference in the RDF and OWL sense that it
> > might be best to explicitly draw attention to how you are
> > using the term differently.
> 
> It's true that the term is heavily loaded, but I wonder if saying
> "shape inference" over and over again will cause folks will figure out
> that the phrase means "inference of shapes" (vs. some sort of
> inference entailed by shapes). If we can get past our reflexive
> interpretations, "shape inference" does seem a nice description of it.

Sure, I could live with that - as long as the difference to semantic
inference were discussed somewhere.

Tom

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Received on Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:10:54 UTC