RE: Why Triples? (was Re: What do the ontologists want)

> >  Your table looks to me like
> > a simple list of 18 bookings with five of their properties selected as
> > columns.
>
>Yes, sure, but then one needs to invent this new resource called 
>"booking" that is outside the resources listed in the table, and 
>uniquely label each of these new resources for each row in the 
>table. If that does not bother you, fine, I don't mean to beat this 
>to death, just point out that you need to take this step "outside of 
>the original vocabulary", be clear about what you are doing, and add 
>this level inside the syntactical vocabulary you are creating.

Exactly! I entirely agree, that is the point I have been nagging at 
all along. Be clear about the *logical vocabulary* , because there 
(and only there) is where the meaning has to be attached.

Pat Hayes

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