- From: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:49:21 -0500
- To: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@mediaone.net>
- Cc: www-rdf-logic@w3.org
>Ron Daniel wrote: > > > We will have > > lots of statements such as > > <dc:subject rdf:resource="http://example.org/NAICS/1234"/> > > which is a reference to a (hypothetical) node in the > > NAICS industry sector classification system. > > > > We need to be able to tell certain things about these > > statements, ... > > One way of accomplishing those needs would be through > > reification, although the current reification approach seems > > overly cumbersome. Perhaps others can suggest other ways > > of fulfilling those requirements. > > > >Certainly being able to quote statements/triples is useful ... indeed a >practical requirement. Can you (or anyone) say why the ability to quote is considered a practical necessity? From where I am standing it seems an arcane and exotic ability, not one that is of central practical importance. What is the practical utility of being able to refer to a predicate, rather than use it? Pat Hayes --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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