- From: Nikita Ogievetsky <nogievet@cogx.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:59:17 -0400
- To: <www-rdf-logic@w3.org>
- Cc: "Aaron Swartz" <me@aaronsw.com>
Hello all, I was advised to "ask the DAML folks" to help clarifying rdf:about usage in DAML. I would very much appreciate if somebody could explain why this syntax: <daml:Disjoint rdf:parseType="daml:collection"> <daml:Class rdf:about="#Car"/> <daml:Class rdf:about="#Person"/> </daml:Disjoint> was used instead of <daml:Disjoint rdf:parseType="daml:collection"> <daml:Class rdf:resource="#Car"/> <daml:Class rdf:resource="#Person"/> </daml:Disjoint> Aaron Swartz expalined that rdf:about is used here to denote subject, as opposed to object. But from the other side it translates into tripples | <#Car> a daml:Class . | <#Person> a daml:Class . | [ a daml:Disjoint; daml:first <#Car>; daml:rest (<#Person>) ] . where both <#Car> and <#Person> are objects. So why rdf:about was selected over rdf:resource ? Thanks, --Nikita. ---------------------------------------------- Nikita Ogievetsky, Consultant Cogitech Inc. XSLT and topic maps tutorials. email: nogievet@cogx.com, phone: (917) 406-8734 http://www.cogx.com || Cogito Ergo XML
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