hi all,
the new dbpedia release is a wonderfull example of certain aspects of human
nature :
since rdf is closely couple with human language (i'm talking about the subject
predicate object pattern,
inherent to many if not all languages) it also seems to take similar steps
evolving through time.
the interesting thing is that you you'd most probably consider something with a
brown trunk
and green leaves a tree also if you've never seen this tree before. Also you'd
probably recognize
every oak on this plan(e)t - you know the "idea" of an oak.
now, thats not the case with rdf and integer and float values, because of their
abstract nature.
besides the pure value there needs to be further description - in this case the
predicate.
but these predicates now are sent ad infinitum using different values and
predicates.
predication : in a couple of years, everything will be rdf - but vocabularies
will only be understood
in limited geographical areas - gone be the vision of global
communication.
http://dbpedia.org/page/New_York_City -> dbpprop:latd (xsd:integer)
http://dbpedia.org/page/Paris -> dbpprop:latLong -> dbpedia:Paris/latLong/coord
-> dbpprop:coordProperty (some xsd:integer - not interpretable)
http://dbpedia.org/page/Berlin -> dbpprop:latD -> (xsd:double)
http://dbpedia.org/page/Oslo -> dbpprop:latDeg -> (xsd:integer)
http://dbpedia.org/page/Babylon -> geo:lat -> (xsd:float)
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