FWIW, I might be missing the point in this whole discussion, but: (01)
The stress of the usage of URIs to identify things in Linked Data is not about
complete disambiguation.
In terms of modeling, just as in logics, the usage of structure (RDF) and named
identifiers (URIs) shall restrict the number of possible interpretations… not
more, not less; plus: the added value of URIs & HTTP enabling reuse and linkage
and a certain degree of control of identifiers (since URIs have ownership
through pay level domains). I think that's quite a good starting point. (02)
best,
Axel (03)
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On Dec 13, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Matthew West <dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: (05)
> Dear Kingsley,
> That’s much closer.
>
> On 12/11/13 8:39 AM, Matthew West wrote:
> Dear Kingsley,
> I think you are missing the point I am trying to make.
> Words typically have multiple meanings, indeed just one meaning is rather
> unusual.
>
> I've been pondering the above, and having just digested the exchange between
>Ed. Barkmeyer and John Sowa [1][2], I realized that its highly probable that
>you meant:
>
> "A term is (*in addition to being a word*) a point of reference, whereas a
>word is only a constituent of language. Hence, all terms are words, but only
>some words can be terms. A term *refers to* something, either *abstract* or
>*concrete*." [1] .
> [MW>] A term may be more than one word, so “composition of physical object”
>and “composition of activity” are both terms that happen to be specializations
>of the term “composition” (in a particular sense of the word composition, so
>not a piece of music for instance).
> So here the term “composition” in a defined context has one meaning, even
>though the word “composition” generally has many.
>
> Regards
>
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>
> The definition of "term" quoted above also maps nicely to the duality
>inherent in HTTP URIs -- when used a the mechanism for denoting anything,
>rather than Web documents solely.
>
> I've tweaked my recent posts [4][5] accordingly.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Links:
>
> [1] http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2013-12/msg00062.html -- Ed's
>reply to John
> [2] http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2013-12/msg00060.html -- most
>recent comment to which Ed replied
> [3] http://www.wikihow.com/Differentiate-Between-a-Term-and-a-Word
> [4] https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/posts/3LP8ALd8bQR -- G+ post
>about making Documents, Sentences, Words, and Terms webby
> [5] https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/posts/jkJGY5hRKgb -- initial
>Linked Data meme related post that triggered this thread.
>
>
>
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