RE: Reification quoting in RDF/N3 was: A note comparing Conceptu al Graphs and RDF/Semantic Web from McBride, Brian on 2001-01-18 (www-rdf-logic@w3.org from January 2001)

From: McBride, Brian <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:55:39 -0000
To: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, www-rdf-logic@w3.org
Cc: danbri@w3.org
Message-ID: <5E13A1874524D411A876006008CD059F0183D49C@0-mail-1.hpl.hp.com>

[snip]

> However, in the RDF syntax there is a known problem there.  
> You can't quote
> something without asserting it.

I'm not sure I understand the problem.  Simplifying your
example for clarity:

  <rdf:RDF>
    <rdf:Statement>
      <rdf:subject    rdf:about="mary"/>
      <rdf:predicate  rdf:about="wants to marry"/>
      <rdf:object     rdf:about="Fred"/>
      <foo:believedBy rdf:about="John"/>
    </rdf:Statement>
  </rdf:RDF>

as I understand things, the above quotes 
(wants to marry, mary, Fred) without asserting it, if
I understand correctly what you mean by 'quotes'.

Please could you give a concrete example of the bug you
had in mind?

Brian McBride
HPLabs

Received on Thursday, 18 January 2001 06:55:47 UTC