Re: Reject change to rdf:value

>  >>>Graham Klyne said:
>>  I think Aaron said it better.  I don't think this is an issue that should
>>  be postponed.
>
>The issue http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdfms-replace-value
>is recorded as:
>   Suggestion that the rdf:value property be replaced by rdf:toString.
>
>So I propose that:
>   We reject this suggestion as an unnecessary change
>   ACTION the model theory editor (Pat) to explain what rdf:value means

Well, I would if I knew.  This is central to the datatyping 
discussion as well. If literals always denote strings, then rdf:type 
(actually rdfd:type in my proposal) is a kind of generic inverse to 
the datatype lexical-to-value mapping. If literal nodes (not bnodes 
somewhere nearby , but the actual literals) are interpreted relative 
to datatype information, then rdfd:type is essentially just equality.

Pat

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Received on Monday, 4 February 2002 19:50:20 UTC