- From: McBride, Brian <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 01:04:33 +0100
- To: Graham Klyne <GK@Dial.pipex.com>
- Cc: "RDF Interest (E-mail)" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
graham wrote > This is a topic close to my current interests. I don't think > it makes > sense to _sign_ a _model_. > > In saying this, I distinguish between a model, and its > serialization. A > model is an abstraction, which captures the essence of some RDF > statements. A signature as applied to some sequence of bits or > bytes. Different serializations of the same model will have > different > signatures. Īt is true that different serializations of the same model will have different signatures. I don't follow the logic of why that implies that signing the model makes no sense. If I can sign the model, then the same signature will validate it however it is serialized and whatever or whoever serializes it. > PS: for the issue list, it may be good to separate issues > with the current > spec from issues for future development. I think this is the latter. Agreed. I just rattled the list off, leaving classification and summarizing as a later shared activity. Brian
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