Re: {Disarmed} Re: blank nodes (once again)

On Mar 24, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Michael Brunnbauer wrote:

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> re
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> if I understand this right, skolemization can only be done on the RDF
> producing side - not the consuming side (I did not read the 1000 emails).
> Doing it on the consuming side must be prone to changes in the RDF document.

It can be done anywhere, though yes, it does subtly change the meaning. 
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> So what is with all the RDF documents currently using bodes ?
> 
> What if people start to adapt these documents ?
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> Suppose a social network switches from bnodes to skolemized bnodes instead of
> real URIs in their FOAF documents. People will get as many different URIs as
> friends (every friend has a FOAF profile which states a foaf:knows with a
> skolemized nbode for this person). This does not look like a good thing to me.

Nor to me, but it does not make sense as stated. What is a "bnode for [a] person"? Bnodes by their very nature do not identify anything. 

Can you give some actual example RDF which you feel will be mistreated if its bnodes are skolemized?

Pat

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