From: pat hayes (phayes@ai.uwf.edu)
Date: 07/09/01
>On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, pat hayes wrote: > > > >pat hayes wrote: > > > > > > >[...] > > > > The coreWG has decided that RDF describes containers rather > > > > than, as it were, implementing them, so there is no way to say that > > > > an RDF container has a limited number of items. > > > > > >Really? When/where? pointer? > > > > http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdf-containers-formalmodel > > > > From which it seems to follow that any container description can >be partial, eg > > > > <rdf:Bag> > > <rdf:_1>1</rdf:_1> > > <rdf:_2>2</rdf:_2> > > </rdf:Bag> > > > > may be a complete description of a bag with two members OR a partial > > description of a bag with three or more members. > > > > If I have this wrong, please correct my misunderstanding. > >Sounds ok so far. But you say... > > > > > than, as it were, implementing them, so there is no way to say that > > > > an RDF container has a limited number of items. > >...and I'm puzzled. Maybe I took 'no way to say' in a stronger sense >than intended; additional vocabulary (not currently provided by RDF >Core) Right, I meant 'no way in RDF', not 'totally impossible in any future extension of RDF'. > would let you do just this, unless I'm missing something... > > <rdf:Bag> > <rdf:_1>1</rdf:_1> > <rdf:_2>2</rdf:_2> > <util:bagsize>7</util:bagsize> <!-- or whatever, eg util:last... --> > </rdf:Bag> Right, that would work. But we don't have util:bagsize in RDF, right? Pat --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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