- From: <jos.deroo.jd@belgium.agfa.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:59:58 +0100
- To: melnik@db.stanford.edu
- Cc: phayes@ai.uwf.edu, w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
[...] > I'm thinking of a running example that can be used to illustrate the > different proposals and modeling options. My current shot at it is: > > http://WWW-DB.Stanford.EDU/~melnik/rdf/datatyping/fig/motivating_example.gif > > It shows an interpretation, which can be encoded in many different ways, > e.g. as: > > _Robby ageMonthDecimal "12" > _Robby weightKgDecimal "14" > _Jenny weightKgOctal "14" > _Jenny ageYearsDecimal "1" > > in P(++) scheme. > > The advantage of starting with an interpretation instead of a piece of > syntax is that is it possible to refer to the different entities in the > domain of discourse directly and tell how the corresponding pieces of > syntax are mapped onto them (for example, "12" and "1" above are > interpreted as entity d1 in the figure). so, I can see that you come to :Robby :weight [ :inKg [ :inDecimal "14" ] ] . :Robby :age [ :inMonth [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . :Jenny :weight [ :inKg [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . :Jenny :age [ :inMonth [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . or :Robby :weight [ :inKg [ :inOctal "16" ] ] . :Robby :age [ :inMonth [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . :Jenny :weight [ :inKg [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . :Jenny :age [ :inMonth [ :inDecimal "12" ] ] . or ... or :Robby :weight [ :inKg [ :inOctal "16" ] ] . :Robby :age [ :inYears [ :inOctal "1" ] ] . :Jenny :weight [ :inKg [ :inOctal "14" ] ] . :Jenny :age [ :inYears [ :inOctal "1" ] ] . is that the point? -- Jos
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