Re: reification terminology question

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Frank Manola wrote:

> Pat Hayes wrote:
> >
> > Guys, I would like some advise on the preferred terminology to use
> > when discussing reification.
> >
> snip
>
> > 2. Is there a preferred terminology to refer to the bnode which
> > denotes the triple in the reification, ie _:x in this example?
>
> Preferred by whom?  A possibility is "one of those pieces of reification
> s@&%*$#t", but that's probably not what you mean (accurate, mind you,
> but a bit long, and probably wouldn't be allowed in a W3C Rec).

Heh, unless you ensure it uses "-ize" instead of "-ise" in all the
appropriate places.

Preferred name: "The (b)node that denotes the triple in the
reification"? It depends on how many times you need to write it. "The
reifying bnode" might be an acceptable alternative, providing you
introduce the phrase first.

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