- From: <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:32:41 +0100
- To: melnik@db.stanford.edu
- Cc: phayes@ai.uwf.edu, bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
>> The RDF distinction between anonymous nodes and named nodes is >> logically invisible, as far as I can see. All nodes have an identity, >> so giving one of them a URI doesnt really change anything about it or >> what it means. All nodes could be non-anonymous and nothing would >> change in the meanings of any RDF. Anonymity seems to be a kind of >> syntactic sweetener which works by removing some bitterness rather >> than by adding sugar. >> >> Pat Hayes > >I completely agree with Pat. > >Sergey I also agree with what Pat says here, especially with the point that anonymity can remove the bitterness of giving a name to something but instead use resource description formulae -- Jos De Roo, AGFA http://www.agfa.com/w3c/jdroo/
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