On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Patrick Cassidy wrote:
> Just a little off-topic "cri de coeur" about the naming of relations:
> [Chris Menzel said]
>>
>> But why? "creator" in that example from the RDF documentation is
>> simply short for "is the creator of", which corresponds almost
>> exactly to the definition of "predicate" that you yourself provided.
>
> Actually, in that document it is short for "has creator", which has the
> opposite polarity from "is the creator of". (01)
Yes, thanks, you are right (though I would stick with more standard
logical terminology and say "has creator" is simply the *converse* of
"is the creator of"). I relied on memory instead of going back and
looking, but of course the point I was making is unaffected. (02)
> I really, really wish people would just stop using simple nouns to express
> relations, and always use a verbal form like "isTheCreatorOf" or
> "hasCreator" or "is_the_mother_of" (03)
+1 (04)
-chris (05)
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