- From: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:36:13 -0500
- To: Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org>
- Cc: public-sw-meaning@w3.org
[Graham Klyne:] >At 12:48 03/10/03 -0500, pat hayes wrote: >>Rather than quarrel over the meaning of words that have no exact >>meaning (like "meaning" for a start) or that some of us think have >>exact meanings but others think are meaningless (like "resource"), >>why don't we try to get a bit more precise about why we feel that >>something - ANYTHING - needs to be said about this issue. If >>nobody can point to anything that is likely to break if we say >>nothing, then the best thing to do is to agree to say nothing. And >>if they can, then at least we will have some example scenarios to >>help us focus discussion. > >A past point of contention has been the role of rdfs:comment in RDF. > >Does it convey any kind of "meaning", or none at all? That's exactly the kind of question I would prefer that we try to avoid. The only good answer is, yes and no. But I'd refer to respond with another question: why does it matter what the answer is? Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell phayes@ihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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