Re: How do RDF and Formal Logic fit together?

[Sean B. Palmer]

> > Yes, and my point is simply that you have already reified
> > all the statements de facto within the computer, why throw
> > that information away (at least, when it matters) when you
> > serialize it?
>
> Are you stating that when a processor comes across a reified triple, it
> should store it in <s, p, o, id> form internally? If not, if you
> recursively processed in-out a piece of RDF, you'd end up with a horrible
> reified mess.
>

No, I'm saying that most processors would in fact store the equivalent of
<s, p, o, id> as you say (although the id might be implicit, for example,
the position in an array), so why throw that information away or make it
hard to access when you serialize?  Even though <s, p, o, id> might be used
internally, the rdf model doesn't actually contain that construct, does it?

Cheers,

Tom P

Received on Sunday, 14 October 2001 11:19:45 UTC