Comments on: The path from specificity to usefulness http://phildawes.net/blog/2007/01/08/the-path-from-specificity-to-usefulness/ Mostly programming with a few bits of other stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Dominic Sayers http://phildawes.net/blog/2007/01/08/the-path-from-specificity-to-usefulness/#comment-16139 Dominic Sayers Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:27:57 +0000 http://phildawes.net/blog/2007/01/08/the-path-from-specificity-to-usefulness/#comment-16139 Have you read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Maybe you couldn't see the capcha by design... Have you read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Maybe you couldn’t see the capcha by design…

]]> By: Seth Ladd http://phildawes.net/blog/2007/01/08/the-path-from-specificity-to-usefulness/#comment-16486 Seth Ladd Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:37:44 +0000 http://phildawes.net/blog/2007/01/08/the-path-from-specificity-to-usefulness/#comment-16486 The thing that is tricky about all of this, is that a URI sure enough identifies a singular resource. However, that Resource can belong to an infinite amount of classes. That is, the Resource can mean many different things to many different people. This is both a strength and a weakness, and leads to much trickiness when implementing RDF. The more vague a Resource is defined, the more useful it is, because people don't get caught up in over thinking, "Do I match the intended meanings?" So, if RDF is to work, implementers have to allow for mechanisms to help humans deal with the many interpretations of the Resources those URIs identify. The thing that is tricky about all of this, is that a URI sure enough identifies a singular resource. However, that Resource can belong to an infinite amount of classes. That is, the Resource can mean many different things to many different people. This is both a strength and a weakness, and leads to much trickiness when implementing RDF.

The more vague a Resource is defined, the more useful it is, because people don’t get caught up in over thinking, “Do I match the intended meanings?”

So, if RDF is to work, implementers have to allow for mechanisms to help humans deal with the many interpretations of the Resources those URIs identify.

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