- From: Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 15:31:20 +0200
- To: Aaron Swartz <aswartz@upclink.com>
- CC: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org, Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
Aaron Swartz wrote: > On Monday, October 8, 2001, at 08:02 AM, Martyn Horner wrote: > >> Maybe I missed something in the argument but does `denotation' >> distinguish between numerals (literals) denoting numbers and numerals >> (literals) denoting, say, dates. So the literal "20001225" has, at >> least, two denotations? Does this invalidate this definition? Do you >> mean `unique denotation'? If you don't, how does this definition stay >> valid? > > > It's my belief that the literal "20001225" denotes itself, and > properties like :creationDate are really shorthand for > :creationDateStringInXXXForm . > Perhaps so. But on the way to its real `meaning', it's futile to pretend that the string "20001225" denotes the number `twenty million, one thousand, two hundred and twenty-five' because it doesn't. Which is, I think, the test of denotation behind Pat's definition. And I think, just `denoting itself' isn't really what he meant either. -- Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com> Profium, Les Espaces de Sophia, Immeuble Delta, B.P. 037, F-06901 Sophia-Antipolis, France Tel. +33 (0)4.93.95.31.44 Fax. +33 (0)4.93.95.52.58 Mob. +33 (0)6.21.01.54.56 Internet: http://www.profium.com
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