- From: Graham Klyne <gk-lists@dial.pipex.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:03:03 +0000
- To: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Cc: Ora Lassila <daml@lassila.org>, www-rdf-logic@w3.org
At 06:13 PM 12/11/00 -0600, pat hayes wrote: >But if this is correct, then what exactly IS asserted by the assertion of >a reified description? If it is asserting that the described triple >exists, then there is literally no point in saying that. If that were the only way reification could be used, I would agree. My understanding is that a key use of the "reification quad" is to establish the properties of a resource about which one can make further assertions about the statement thus described. E.g. that it was stated by a certain person at a certain time, or that it is equivalent to some other statement, or ... #g ------------------------------------------------------------ Graham Klyne Content Technologies Ltd. Strategic Research <http://www.mimesweeper.com> <Graham.Klyne@mimesweeper.com> ------------------------------------------------------------
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