Re: properties as nodes etc.

[Danny Ayers
>
> Presumably the edge (==arc) can have as an attribute the URI of a property
> (e.g. dc:creator), but that this wouldn't be unique. The edge itself would
> have an identity status akin to that of bNodes, only existing in relation
to
> the nodes to which it is connected.

I think you could actually do it this way -  A predicate is by definition a
resource, and you could create an instance of a property class as another
resource and use that for your predicate.  Why not?  Then that edge would
have its own URI, and you could make statements about it.

Of course, if you did that for each triple you could end up with an awful
lot of resource URIs, but then you probably won't need to do it for most.

> Is there any good reason within RDF MT why the edge shouldn't have it's
own
> (instance) URI?
>

I have assumed that it is because the MT is supposed to match the M&S so far
as possible, and the M&S doesn't support it explicitly.  Anyone who actually
knows want to amplify this?

Cheers,

Tom P

Received on Wednesday, 19 June 2002 23:19:42 UTC