Re: Refers Or Denotes?

On 13 Feb 2013, at 20:01, Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
> 
>> On 2/13/13 12:34 PM, Henry Story wrote:
>>> I think the illustration here does this nicely:
>>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/WebID/raw-file/tip/spec/img/WebID-overview.png
>>> 
>>> It shows that URIs just refer/denote.
>> 
>> Yes, that works.
>> 
>> If possible, as already requested, you can add "(perception)" below "sense". It also adds visual uniformity too.
> 
> 
> I would also suggest adding a "Describes" arrow/relation, pointing 
> from the card on the left, to the person on the right.

The point of this diagram is to make a point between the relation 
of reference and of meaning. So I want to keep this simple. This
is I think a point better made in the text that accompanies the 
description.

> 
> Further, I think the card illustration on the left should include 
> the most vital element of WebID -- i.e., the explicit statement 
> that this document describes the entity denoted by the URI which
> was dereferenced to get it -- i.e., its primaryTopic is 
> <http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/card#i>...  which could
> be illustrated by adding a single arrow/relationship, "describes", 
> from "/People/Berners-Lee/card" to "<#i>".

There is the foaf:made relation from <#i> to the card. 

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/WebID/raw-file/tip/spec/img/WebID-overview.png



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