- From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:35:13 -0400
- To: Michael Mealling <michael@neonym.net>
- cc: Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com, hardie@qualcomm.com, uri@w3.org
> > I'm using the word "same" in the normal dictionary sense of being
> > truly and completely indistinguishable. If I tell you <Jim>
> > owl:sameAs <James>, then you know I'm using the terms "<Jim>" and
> > "<James>" as synonyms, as two names for the same thing.
>
> Absolutely correct! _You_ have told me that "Jim" and "James" are
> synonymous. But RFC 2396 provides no method for making such statements.
I can put aside the OWL terminology entirely.
You seem to be saying that
http://www.w3.org/
and
http://WWW.w3.org/
could not possibly ever both identify the same resource. You seem to
be saying that if two URIs are textually different, they cannot
possibly identify the same thing.
If you are saying that, you are making the "unique names assumption"
(UNA) for URIs, and living in a world in which RDF and OWL cannot work
as currently specified.
-- sandro
Received on Wednesday, 9 July 2003 14:35:53 UTC