- From: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:33:03 -0700
- To: "Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 02:32 AM, Jeremy Carroll wrote: > Premise: > <eg:doc1> <dc:creator> "John Smith" . > <eg:doc2> <dc:creator> "John Smith" . > Conclusion: > <eg:doc1> <dc:creator> _:blank . > <eg:doc2> <dc:creator> _:blank . > > All Dublin Core users would recognise that it is not > always true that the premise entail that the two documents > have the same author i.e. they would recognise that there > might be two Johns. It's a little known fact that dc:creator doesn't mean what you might usually expect. It would more appropriately be named creatorResourceOrSometimesTheNameOfThatResourceButOcassionallySomethingElseEntirely but people found that too long to remember. From a plane somewhere between California and Chicago, - Aaron
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