Problem with how to think about lists

• From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
• Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 17:15:17 +0000
• To: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20021109171217.0210ccf0@0-mail-1.hpl.hp.com>

I've got a problem with how I'm thinking about lists.  I first came across 
it reviewing the primer, but I've got the same problem in schema.

We say that the domain of rdf:first is rdf:List.

My problem is whether the resource at the blunt end of an rdf:first 
property denotes (ok we are not doing the semantics but this is just about 
how I should think of this) a whole list, or just a link in a chain?  I've 
been thinking of it as a link in a chain, and so the term rdf:List is 
misleading.  But if it really denotes the whole list then there is nothing 
for me to worry about.

Brian

Received on Saturday, 9 November 2002 12:12:40 UTC