[topicmapmail] multiple Source Locators

[Thomas B. Passin]

Jan Algermissen wrote:


> IMHO, while RDF seems to (at least partly) have been intended as a data
> integration technology, there are quite some obstacles when querying
> an RDF graph that is the result of merging several other graphs with
> slightly differing semantics. Topic Maps provide a far more elegant
> mechanism I found.
> 
> (Actually, I discovered this just when I was very close to turning to using
> RDF for data integration projects that make heavy use of Web architecture,
> because I could not really articulate/prove the benefit TMs provide. The
> above was the reason for me not to 'convert' :o)
> 

Sounds interesting.  Can you say some more about this?

Cheers,

Tom P

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