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Subject: Re: [tm-pubsubj] Subject Indicator and Subject Indicator Reference(again)
* Lars Marius Garshol | | No, I agree with you that "identifier" seems right. It is what is | going to be used to identify subjects. On the other hand it has | until now been seen merely as something that points to the *real* | identifier, the subject indicator. I never liked that view, but I | know there are people who do, and who haven't been heard in this | debate (SRN, in particular). * Bernard Vatant | | We have to bring them in this debate. I just discussed this at length with Steve Pepper instead, and I am now happy about the view we present in our proposal. It would be good to get SRN/MB as well into this, but they are busy redesigning PMTM4 at the moment, so I'm not sure if it's feasible. | This is the difference between *definition* and *identifier*. | Definition is what can be understood by humans (hopefully), | identifier is for "automatic" applications (be it bureaucratic paper | files, or computers). Definition is *in* the subject indicator, and | identifier is the URI. What makes all the system fit together | (humans and machines) is a correct matching between identifier and | definition. Exactly! * Lars Marius Garshol | | On the other hand, what is in the topic map is the URI, so that view | could be said to hold a certain natural supremacy. * Bernard Vatant | | It's not supremacy, I was talking to myself (0130 at night), and that time the one held supremacy over the other in my mind. :) --Lars M.
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