[topicmapmail] multiple Source Locators
Kal Ahmed
kal@techquila.com
Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:51:13 +0100
On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 10:14, Jan Algermissen wrote:
> Kal Ahmed wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 07:36, Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
>
> > > You can do this, but you can also use URIs the way we use subject
> > > identifiers. RDF doesn't define what the semantics of the reference
> > > are.
> >
> > Right, so you do it by using them in a context defined by a predicate.
>
> Not to start an argument here, but the above is actually wrong. By
> design, the semantics of a URI reference are always the same. You cannot
> use a URI in a different contexts to refer to different things. Not
> if you intend to be 'on the Web'.
>
Context is everything - you are talking about one context, your "on the
web" context. I am talking about a different context. I am saying that I
can introduce semantics that define a different context. Both views are
correct, but are not necessarily interoperable.
Cheers,
Kal
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