Re: vCard RDF merge....

I don't know whether I am in the Linked Data scene ;-), but I am 
convinced that bNodes can be useful. For example, if I have a lot of 
value nodes that hold together quantities and units of measurement. In 
such cases is pretty much unnecessary to ever reference to that node 
individually from outside the model in which they are defined, so using 
bNodes seems to be perfectly okay. Plus, you avoid the risk of URI 
collision by accidently reusing an existing URI.

For me, bNodes can be in the RDF world what local variables are in 
programming.

Martin


Dan Brickley wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org> wrote:
>   
>> VCard ontology RDF is here [1]
>>
>> Also, re blank node solution - I thought it was blank node solution
>> PLUS the "short-cut" properties, as to provide backwards compatibility
>> and easy use wit vCard 2006, so we don't *force* people to use blank
>> nodes unless they need them. Correct?
>>     
>
> Note that there are some in the Linked Data scene who believe bNodes
> to be obsolete / old fashioned / annoying, and claim that modern RDF
> shouldn't use them.
>
> cheers,
>
> Dan
>
>   
>> [1]  http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns.rdf
>>     
>
>   

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