On Feb 20, 2015, at 2:42 AM, Michael Brunnbauer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Paul, > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 09:19:06PM +0100, Michael Brunnbauer wrote: >>> Another case is where there really is a total ordering. For instance, the >>> authors of a scientific paper might get excited if you list them in the >>> wrong order. One weird old trick for this is RDF containers, which are >>> specified in the XMP dialect of Dublin Core >> >> How do you bring this in line with <property> rdfs:range <datatype>, >> especially >> <property> rdfs:range rdf:langString? I do not see a contradiction but this >> makes things quite ugly. >> >> How about all the SPARQL queries that assume a literal as object and not a >> RDF >> container? > > Another simpler example would be <property> rdfs:range foaf:Person. > http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_Person says that "Something is a Person if it > is a person". How can an RDF container of several persons be a person? According the US Supreme Court a corporation is a person, so I would guess that a mere container would have no trouble geting past the censors. Pat > > If one can put a container where a container is not explicitly sanctioned by > the semantics of the property, then I have missed something important. > > Regards, > > Michael Brunnbauer > > -- > ++ Michael Brunnbauer > ++ netEstate GmbH > ++ Geisenhausener Straße 11a > ++ 81379 München > ++ Tel +49 89 32 19 77 80 > ++ Fax +49 89 32 19 77 89 > ++ E-Mail [email protected] > ++ http://www.netestate.de/ > ++ > ++ Sitz: München, HRB Nr.142452 (Handelsregister B München) > ++ USt-IdNr. DE221033342 > ++ Geschäftsführer: Michael Brunnbauer, Franz Brunnbauer > ++ Prokurist: Dipl. Kfm. (Univ.) Markus Hendel ------------------------------------------------------------ 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) [email protected] http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
