Re: [foaf-dev] Facebook FOAF Generator - Redux

On 7/13/11 6:36 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>> <http://graph.facebook.com/100002283130920>  isA URL (a Document Address).
> The data.fm implementation of fecebook integration links to this kind
> of FB graph URI, as if it were a foaf : Person.
>
> I had a chat with Joe about this, some time back, and he seemed to
> think it was OK.
>
It isn't OK re. Linked Data.

It isn't okay to conflate Names and Addresses.

An Object is distinct from its Representation. Object Representations 
are borne (carried or contained) by Resources that are accessible via 
Addresses (URLs).


Links:

1. 
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/clamen/OODBMS/Manifesto/htManifesto/node4.html 
-- Object Identity


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