- From: m batsis <mbatsis@netsmart.gr>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:24:14 +0200
- To: Bob MacGregor <macgregor@ISI.EDU>, www-rdf-interest@w3.org
On Thursday 21 November 2002 21:19, Bob MacGregor wrote: > Finally, models/contexts should be first class entities, i.e., they should > be resources. That way, you can make statements about all statements in a > context. That's where the space saving comes from -- if you have 500 > statements that all have the same last-modified timestamp and the same > author, you can put them into a context that has a single timestamp > statement and a single author statement. With reification, you need 500 > timestamp statements and 500 author statements. I was also thinking about this under the name of "state" of a resource, defined under a set of properties and a set of acceptable values for each property. I agree that it's natural to "index" resources that satisfy selected criteria under a class. However, I find the use of the word "context" unsuitable and confusing. Then again that's just me; my choice of "state" comes mainly from wanting to match properties of certain values when those change over time, usually periodically. Kindest regards, Manos
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