When are RDF statements asserted?

• From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
• Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:19:02 +0200
• To: semantic-web@w3.org
• Message-Id: <E7583D92-68C8-4524-A5AA-8C26CFD8F1FF@cyganiak.de>

Hi all,

Just checking: Is it correct that publishing an RDF file on the Web  
does not assert the statements therein?

Is it correct that out-of-band information (e.g. a web page stating  
"All these files are up-to-date", or some nonstandard extension of  
RDF) is necessary before an agent can safely act upon any RDF statement?

(Hypothetical example: a FOAF agent that fills my address book with  
contact data for the people I foaf:know.)

Cheers,
Richard

Received on Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:19:18 UTC