- From: Graham Klyne <GK@dial.pipex.com>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 14:04:33 +0100
- To: Pierre-Antoine CHAMPIN <champin@bat710.univ-lyon1.fr>
- Cc: RDF interest group <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
At 10:18 AM 6/2/00 +0200, Pierre-Antoine CHAMPIN wrote: >Graham Klyne wrote: > > But reification described in M&S involves making a node resource for the > > statement, AND adding four graph arcs originating from that node. If we > > can find a usable identity for the statement resource, then the four > > additional arcs aren't necessarily needed. > >a reified statement has intrinsically these 4 properties (property in the >general meaning, not RDF's), and the arcs are the way RDF expresses >properties ! > >This does not mean that implementation must keep those arcs explicit (I >agree there are better ways of doing it), but it's true that M&S may be >misleading about it. But, without a (common) way to _name_ a statement, the property values are the only way to identify it -- which leads back to full reification. #g ------------ Graham Klyne (GK@ACM.ORG)
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