- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 10:53:52 -0800
- To: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Cc: Markus Lanthaler <markus.lanthaler@gmx.net>, public-rdf-comments <public-rdf-comments@w3.org>
Possible wording compromise.... On Dec 14, 2013, at 8:26 AM, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote: > Hi Markus, > > On 12/14/2013 07:04 AM, Markus Lanthaler wrote: >> David, >> >> On Saturday, December 14, 2013 4:12 AM, David Booth wrote: >>> . . . But to later *explicitly* claim that "IRIs >>> have global scope: Two different appearances of an IRI denote the >>> same resource" seems too harmfully misleading to me. >> >> What if we would spell out some consequences of IRIs that denote multiple things. Something like >> >> 1.3 The Referent of an IRI >> >> [...] >> >> Guidelines for determining the referent of an IRI are provided in other >> documents, like Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One [WEBARCH] >> and Cool URIs for the Semantic Web [COOLURIS]. A very brief, informal and >> partial account follows: >> >> • IRIs have global scope by design. Thus, two different appearances >> of an IRI denote the same resource. Violations of this principle may >> lead to interoperability problems or inconsistencies when, e.g., >> using data from multiple sources. >> >> Would that address your concerns? > > That comes *very* close to addressing my concerns. A slight tweak to the bullet item would do it: > > • IRIs have global scope by design. Thus, two different appearances > of an IRI are intended to denote the same resource. Violations > of this principle may lead to interoperability problems or > inconsistencies when, e.g., using data from multiple sources. >> IRIs have global scope by design. Thus, two different appearances >> of an IRI should denote the same resource. <etc.> Pat PS it even works if you put it in upper case. ------------------------------------------------------------ IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32502 (850)291 0667 mobile (preferred) phayes@ihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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