- From: Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:11:44 +0000
- To: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
Jeremy, These words were originally penned in response to a comment from TimBL, in which he suggested that the predicate was of primary importance in determining the meaning of a statement. There has since been some disagreement with what I drafted, and the language has been watered down to try and capture a sense of the importance of the predicate without asserting that it is of "primary" importance. I think TimBL was making an observation about the practicalities of using RDF that is not easy to capture in its formal specification. I think your revised wording effectively captures the part which is reasonably part of the specification (modulo discussion elsewhere about authority). #g -- At 11:45 AM 11/21/02 +0100, Jeremy Carroll wrote: >Further: > >if we have not discussed it before, with a decision, could we discuss: >[[ >2.4.4 Authoritative definition of a predicate > >RDF assumes that for any URI some individual or organization has the >authority to define the meaning of that URI. An RDF predicate is defined by >the individual or organization with such the authority with respect to the >its URI, and misuse by others should not be permitted to undermine that >authority. >]] > >This feels to me as if it should either be marked normative or deleted. > >Since I have no recollection of this being there :( I am inclined to mark it >as normative since I assume it's there for good reason. > >i.e. new text: > > >[[ >2.4.4 Authoritative Definition of a Predicate (Normative) > >RDF assumes that for any URI some individual or organization has the >authority to define the meaning of that URI. An RDF predicate is defined by >the individual or organization with such authority with respect to the its >URI. >]] > >I think there should be a formal decision on this. > >Jeremy ------------------- Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>
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