Re: model theory for RDF/S

"Peter F. Patel-Schneider" wrote:
> 
> I am concerned that this model theory locks RDF into a particular
> way of interpreting literals, namely that the interpretation of a literal
> can be completely determined from its label, using a fixed mapping to
> literal values.

I believe this is by design. It's an important requirement on
RDF syntax that it be "context free"... i.e. that this
level of meaning is syntactically evident.

Hmm... I thought this requirement was pretty well documented,
but I don't see it in
  http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/


-- 
Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Thursday, 27 September 2001 18:53:43 UTC