Re: Interpretation of RDF reification

* Peter F. Patel-Schneider
>
> I'm afraid that the answer to your question is a very strong,  
> "NEITHER".

That's certainly unexpected. I'm glad I asked.

> *An* RDF node (there can be more than one!) that reifies the statement
>
> 	ex:winston ex:married-to ex:clementine
>
> i.e., _:r in
>
> 	_:r rdf:type rdf:Statement .
> 	_:r rdf:subject ex:winston .
> 	_:r rdf:predicate ex:married-to .
> 	_:r rdf:object ex:clementine .
>
> represents nothing more than an element of the domain of discourse  
> that is
> related to four other elements of the domain of discourse in the  
> obvious
> way.

Hmmmm. That's somewhat obscure to me. What is the obvious way?

> See  http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/#Reif for more information on RDF
> reification.

I've tried. I clearly didn't succeed.

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Received on Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:00:48 UTC