Re: #rdfms-literals-as-resources in scope?

At 02:26 PM 7/11/01 -0700, Sergey Melnik wrote:
>Graham Klyne wrote:
> >
> > At 02:52 PM 7/10/01 -0700, Sergey Melnik wrote:
> > >resource (constant) = URI, name, referring expression
> >
> > I think that's clearly at odds with RFC2396 (which seems the nearest thing
> > we have to a universally accepted starting point for defining these 
> things):
> >
> > [RFC 2396, section 1.1]:
> >
> >        Resource
> >           A resource can be anything that has identity.  Familiar
> >           examples include an electronic document, an image, a service
> >           (e.g., "today's weather report for Los Angeles"), and a
> >           collection of other resources.  Not all resources are network
> >           "retrievable"; e.g., human beings, corporations, and bound
> >           books in a library can also be considered resources.
>
>Hm. From reading M&S it feels though that Resources are
>URI-identifiable/-ied things. I think this is *the* top-priority issue
>that we have to clarify and hold on (e-)paper.

Yes...  my main concern above was that you seemed to be saying that the URI 
(or other referring expression) *was* the resource.

#g


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