[sc34wg3] Semicolon or not semicolon

Robert Barta rho at devc.at
Sat Feb 2 02:42:10 EST 2008


On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:42:25PM +0100, Lars Heuer wrote:
> something is meant as assoc type or as additional identity. I wish
> Steve or you wouldn't have kept this secret.

:-)

>     john ~ o:works-for  # subject identifier
>          ' o:something  # item identifier
>          = o:bla        # subject locator
>          o:works-for o:TheBeatles    # Binary assoc.
>          plays(o:piano, o:Imagine)   # Tpl. invocation
>     .
> 
> If a topic has more than one identity, all additional identities
> require a prefix. Taaadaaaaa! :)
> 
> The remaining question is, if the subject/object stuff is a useful
> addition to CTM.

I have a _VERY_ uneasy feeling to produce assocs like

  works-for (subject: ..., object: ....)

because then I would/could just switch over to RDF.

\rho


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