- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:46:42 -0400
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 13:09 -0400, Kingsley Idehen wrote: [ . . . ] > Aren't we looking for a clear *definition* of what a URI actually is ? > And then following that, firming up on how a URI can be used to > Identify/Name referents that happen to be realm agnostic *things* or > *entities* . > Yes, that's the part that we're trying to nail down now: - An RDF statement author needs to know what conventions to follow when writing RDF statements, in order to write RDF statements that RDF consumers will be likely to "understand". (And by "understand" I mean that the RDF consumer obtains, a target URI in the statement, the URI definition that the RDF statement author intended when writing the statement.) - An RDF consumer needs to know what conventions to follow if he/she/it wishes to discover what URI definition the RDF statement author used when writing that RDF statement. Furthermore, if the conventions involve the role of "URI owner" -- and not everyone thinks they should -- then: - The URI owner needs to know what conventions to follow, in order to provide a URI definition that is likely to be used by RDF statement authors and RDF consumers. -- David Booth, Ph.D. http://dbooth.org/ Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.
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