Re: rdfs:class and rdfs:resource

Francesco,

I was trying to figure out, if the concept "class", as I understand it's use
in RDFS, makes much sense to me. So, I contrasted it to a view that would be
at least "distinguishable" from a concept "resource" (the view that, given a
resource that occurs as the object of a type statement, has a non-empty
extension, and might therefore be called "class" with some justifiable
motivation) (so, of course, my "axiom" (I) had to be taken from RDF, or
otherwise there would have been no basis for the comparison ;-).

I think you are aiming at a different problem? You saw the potential of a
paradoxical situation arising from metaphysical consideration, if I grasped
that correctly?  Maybe you try to re-word your claim for the meta-physical
lay person that I am?

Best
    Wolfram

[PS: The concept "resource" in RDF, what does it convey?]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francesco Cannistrà" <fracan@inwind.it>
To: "Dr. Wolfram Conen" <conen@gmx.de>; <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: rdfs:class and rdfs:resource


>
> Wolfram,
>
> your latest comments are excellent and perfectly "in topic" with my taste.
> But I want to let you note what follows:
> 1) your axiom (I) is already assumed (at least implicitly) within the RDF
> spec;
> 2) RDF Schema is an application of RDF [necessarily part of this???] and,
> therefore, it must imports all RDF's assumptions.
> In conclusion:
> 3) the concept of "Resource" is not (neither could be) introduced by RDF
> Schema,
> 4) RDF Schema just captures this concept giving to it a name and then,
once
> introduced a set of concepts (among which that one of rdfs:Class) by
> leveraging the innate concept of "Resource" as suggested by RDF, projects
> the innate concept of "Resource" within the conceptual world it created
> (assertig that rdfs:Resource is of type rdfs:Class).
>
> do you agree with me?
>
> Francesco

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