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Subject: RE: [xdi] RDFX synonyms
Drummond, Thanks for the response. I guess I'm not seeing the use case where an RDF store would want to contain a bunch of these "synonym assertions". We can chat more about this when we meet later this week. ~ Steve -----Original Message----- From: Drummond Reed [mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net] Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 11:01 PM To: 'Steven Churchill'; xdi@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: RE: [xdi] RDFX synonyms >From: Steven Churchill > >Drummond, > >If "john" and "jon" are synonyms, then are two $refs needed, or just one? Steve, Each synonym assertion is unidirectional and takes one RDFX statement. To assert a synonym in both directions would two RDFX statements, however this isn't needed when both synonyms are assigned by the same authority. So, for example, if "john" and "jon" are synonyms under the same XRI authority -- let's say the = authority -- then it would take just one RDFX statement (in X3 notation): =john/$ref/=jon If you were talking about synonyms from two different authorities -- say =john and @example*jon, then either authority could assert the synonym with the other, but you'd want to verify both RDFX statements before you counted on it. For example, from the = authority you'd want the statement... =john/$ref/@example*jon ...and from the @example authority you'd want the statement... @example*jon/$ref/=john Is that what you meant? =Drummond
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