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Subject: RE: [xri] Use of the word "synonym" in section 10
Les, > I agree. I think the word
‘synonym’ has been overused. IMHO, It should be reserved > for inames and inumbers that are in
the same XRD. I think that you are saying that a value of a CanonicalID is
synonymous with the value of LocalID is synonymous with the value of a Ref is synonymous
with the value of a Query given that the values show up in the same XRD. This definition of “synonym” has no practical
value that I can see. On the other hand, the property of XRI identifier
synonymity is one of XRI Resolution’s most valuable features. I would
hate to “lose” the use of the term by associating it with your
meaning above. ~ Steve From:
markus.sabadello@gmail.com [mailto:markus.sabadello@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Markus Sabadello
On 6/8/07, Steven
Churchill <steven.churchill@xdi.org>
wrote: Drummond,
I
don't understand the use of the term "synonym" in section 10. In English,
if two words are synonyms, then they have the same (or roughly the same)
meaning. In the Identify field, if two identifiers are synonyms, then they
refer to the same identity. As
I try to express in my text for section 11, these concepts are dependent upon
the "model" (or "system") defining the notions of
synonymity and identity. In a Banking system, identifiers may include a
person's name(s) and account number. In that same model, identity may be defined as "the human being
person having a given SSN and DOB". (Don't get confused by the fact that a
SSN is also a type of identifier. That is incidental to the model. We are
talking here about establishing the definition of identity. Once that is done, then Steven Churchill and Steve
Churchill can be synonymous identifiers for the same identity.) In the XRI
Canonical ID Verification model, there is a clear notion of synonymity and
absolute identity. In any case, the model needs to be formally defined before
we can start referring to this thing or that thing as a being a synonym. A
synonym to what? Section
10 introduces the term synonym without establishing a model that defines either
synonymity or identity. As Gabe and others have correctly pointed out, XRI
supports many such models. What are synonyms within one model are not
necessarily synonyms within another model. It
is not helpful to use the term synonym outside a model defining how two
identifiers get mapped to the same identity. ~
Steve
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