- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:41:57 +0200
- To: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- CC: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On 2002-02-20 19:56, "ext Pat Hayes" <phayes@ai.uwf.edu> wrote:
> I don't think that the union idea works mathematically, is the
> problem.
It does if you don't insist on literal nodes denoting a value.
If they consistently denote just a literal, and their treatment
as a lexical form denoting a value lives in the interpretation
alone, within the context of a datatype, then it works fine,
I think.
> as long as you are prepared to accept that this is a
> non-monotonic construction. That is going to stick in many craws,
> however.
RDFS range and domain constraints *are* non-monotonic. You can
have one range constraint in your graph, and I can have another
in my graph, and when we merge our graphs, both our values
will get different interpretations than for each graph separately.
Cest la vie.
Patrick
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