- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:22:11 -0500
- To: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
>I had a reaction against the wording .... > > >> >> 7: Propose resolution of whether graphs are sets or bags >> >> Propose the WG ACTION Pat to ensure that: >> >> the model theory uses tidy graphs from which duplicate arcs >>have been removed >> >> Further the WG notes that: >> >> o an RDF/XML document may represent an untidy graph which >>contains duplicate arcs >> >> o an n-triples document may represent an untidy graph which >>contains duplicate arcs >> >> See: >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Oct/0489.html >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Oct/0496.html >> > > >(Sorry - this sort of mailing is tedious). > >Graphs for me are sets and cannot have duplicates to remove. Well, we are the Core, guys: we can define them any way we like :-) . RDF graphs are not mathematical graphs in any case (they seem to be directed partially labelled pseudographs, as near as I can make out from the various on-line mathematical lexica, but I promise not to tell anyone about that.) Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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