- From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:06:33 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- cc: RDF core WG <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On 18 Jan 2002, Dan Connolly wrote: > As I said in today's telcon, I think > the rdf:subject of "Mary likes Bob" > should be a word that starts with M, > not a female person. > > I sent the gory details to rdf-logic > a while ago: > > Message-ID: <3B0FEF6A.BE6740CC@w3.org> > Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 13:01:14 -0500 > From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> > To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net> > CC: Drew McDermott <drew.mcdermott@yale.edu>, www-rdf-logic@w3.org > Subject: use/mention and reification: rdf:predicate/subject/object [was: > RDF Abstract Syntax...] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-logic/2001May/0359.html I still don't understand why you can't pronounce <sentence> <rdf:Subject> <mary> . as "the sentence has a subject whose referent is (the person) Mary" - ie, if you just change your intuition about what rdf:Subject "means" does this go away? jan -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk The Java disclaimer: values of 'anywhere' may vary between regions.
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