- From: Graham Klyne <Graham.Klyne@Baltimore.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 11:34:36 +0100
- To: Martyn Horner <martyn.horner@profium.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
At 08:56 AM 9/4/01 +0200, Martyn Horner wrote: > > http://ioctl.org/rdf/ms/rdfms#111 (and #112) > > "Here, any one of the items listed in the container value for > > DistributionSite is an acceptable value without regard to the other > > items." > > > > In other words, the Alt-collection itself isn't really being considered > > the value of the property; the members of the Alt are being considered > > so instead.* > > > >Funny, I'd always read the bag example as `each and every member is a >student in course 6.001' - that is, the property is distributed over the >members of the set - not applied to the set. Therefore `alt' is a >different distribution: there certainly isn't a whole-set/members >difference between bag and alt - in my mind. Typically, the semantics of >the properties used are intended for the individual: the use of a >collection just simplifies the expression. Where does the set >interpretation come from? See also: http://ioctl.org/rdf/ms/rdfms#124, et seq. (section 3.5) #g ------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Klyne Baltimore Technologies Strategic Research Content Security Group <Graham.Klyne@Baltimore.com> <http://www.mimesweeper.com> <http://www.baltimore.com> ------------------------------------------------------------
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