Re: proposal to close ISSUE-77 (Re: [ALL} agenda telecon Oct 19)

On 19 Oct 2011, at 21:33, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote:

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>> On 19/10/11 13:17, Sandro Hawke wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 11:23 +0100, Andy Seaborne wrote:
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>>>> I don't mind how what we do to rdf:Seq but if we say "use blank nodes
>>>> for Seq" (which then avoids the merge issues) it is a step forward (Ian
>>>> -- skolemized system generated URIs would count as well)
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>>> I can live with that, but I'm not sure why we'd say
>>> dont-use-non-blank-nodes-for-Seq any stronger than dont-use-Seq.
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>> It avoids merge problems as the bNodes should stop two rdf:_1's on the same resource.
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> Huh? How does that work? I mean, how do bnodes stop this happening?

I'm having a hard time seeing that, either.

The bNode could still carry properties e.g. Inverse Functional Properties, sufficient to get it mixed up with another node standing for the same thing.

Dan


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