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Meaning and the semantic web

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Bijan Parsia,

Peter F. Patel-SchneiderAuthors Info & Claims

WWW Alt. '04: Proceedings of the 13th international World Wide Web conference on Alternate track papers & posters

Pages 306 - 307

https://doi.org/10.1145/1013367.1013448

Published: 19 May 2004 Publication History

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The meaning of names (URI references) is a contentious issue in the Semantic Web. Numerous proposals have been given for how to provide meaning for names in the Semantic Web, ranging from a strict localized model-theoretic semantics to proposals for a unified single meaning. We argue that a slight expansion of the standard model-theoretic semantics for names is sufficient for the present, and can easily be augmented where necessary to allow communities of interest to strengthen this spartan theory of meaning.

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Meaning and the semantic web
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WWW Alt. '04: Proceedings of the 13th international World Wide Web conference on Alternate track papers & posters

May 2004

532 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1013367

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Halpin HPresutti V(2009)An Ontology of ResourcesProceedings of the 6th European Semantic Web Conference on The Semantic Web: Research and Applications10.1007/978-3-642-02121-3_39(521-534)Online publication date: 31-May-2009
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