Re: reification terminology question

At 15:24 24/04/2002 -0500, Pat Hayes wrote:
>Guys, I would like some advise on the preferred terminology to use when 
>discussing reification.
>
>If we start with a triple
>
>a b c .
>
>and reify it, we get a graph of four triples
>
>_:x rdf:type rdf:Statement .
>_:x rdf:subject a .
>_:x rdf:predicate b .
>_:x rdf:object c .
>
>1. I think it is correct to refer to the second graph as "a reification" 
>of the first triple, is that right?

yes.

>2. Is there a preferred terminology to refer to the bnode which denotes 
>the triple in the reification, ie _:x in this example? (If not, I will 
>have to make one up.)

M&S uses "reified statement".

Brian

Received on Thursday, 25 April 2002 09:04:41 UTC