> I'd say that the RDFS *contains* or *includes* a representation
> of a DCMI namespace, or XML namespace, but that it says a whole
> lot more that is not embodied in the namespace itself, since
> the namespace is simply a set of names and a representation
> would not embody more than an enumeration of those names, in
> some fashion.
Inevitably representations will have both omissions and additions to what
would be contained in some sort of Platonic perfect representation.
Think of a physical textual representation of the word "one". The
representation will inevitably contain information that is nothing to do
with the word, such as the typeface or handwriting-style, colour etc. and
lack some information that could be useful such as it's meaning, or that it
is homophonic with "won" rather than with "own". It's still a reasonable
representation.
|