Thanks.
joe
On 23-Feb-07, at 12:42 AM, Pete Johnston wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
>> I guess what is confusing is the level of indirection introduced by
>> "described resource" and left out in VES.
>
> Also, just to clarify, I don't think there's any intent behind the
> use of the term "described resource" to indicate anything
> particular about the "nature" of the resource.
>
> In the previous version, we just used "resource", but in the
> context of the description model we need to refer to several
> distinct resources, and the use of the unqualified form was
> potentially ambiguous (in some contexts at least)
>
> So "described resource" is just a way of saying that-resource-
> there, the one which we are describing, rather that this-resource-
> here (a VES or SES or a value referred to in a statement).
>
> But the "described resource" is still just a resource - a book,
> place, concept, whatever - it hasn't "become something else"
> through the fact that is the subject of a DC description.
>
> Pete
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