- From: Alberto Reggiori <areggiori@webweaving.org>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:06:04 +0200
- To: RDF-interest <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Seth Russell wrote: > From: "Peter Bruhn Andersen" <bruhn.andersen@get2net.dk> > > > "Can you create an URN for that person? Possibly with a new URN space?" > > I don't think that creating a URI (any type of uri) is the best solution. > Reason is that different entities who want to describe this person will tend > to create different URI for him or her. RDF is all about our data being > interoperable. See TimBl's graphs below .. switch back and forth between > arcs-1 and arcs-3 and see how the data from different sources merges > together. But if you call this person <http://foo/bar#Jim> an his school > calls him <http://whatever.edu/students#Jim>, then the RDF systems will > think you and his school are talking about *different* people. Me thinks it > is better to use bNodes and any daml:UnambiguousProperty or just describe > the person as best you can: See example below: > > language: semenglish > > [ > type Person; > worksFor "Organization 1", "Organization 2"; > fullName "John Joseph Jones". > ] yes, I agree with Seth here see also http://rdfweb.org/2001/01/design/smush.html Alberto
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