[RDF] Models and virtual models

[Jonas Liljegren]

Hmm...  While thinking about it. I don't think it's right to call the
virtual models for virtual models.

Any other suggestions?

"Selection" maby?

I will go with "selection" unless something better comes up.


Jonas Liljegren <jonas@liljegren.org> writes:

> I think that there may be some difference in the interpretation of
> what a model is.  We have to adopt some terminology.
> 
>  1. A collection of statements with metadata about their origin (Model)
> 
>  2. All resources mentioned in a statement collection (Virtual model)
> 
>  3. All resources matching specified parameters (Virtual model)
> 
>  4. A collection witch explicitly has a number of member resources (Container)
> 
>  5. Some combinations of the above
> 
> We could have used other names.  Maby the virtual models could be
> called collections.  But this is how I have used the words.
> 
> This is the idea:
> 
> Models and Virtual models are subClassOf Container.  A virtual model
> will allways contain all matching resources.  Every Interface is a
> virtual model of all the resources mentioned in all contained models.
> The Service object is a virtual model of all resources in the
> connected interface virtual models.  All models are at the same time a
> virtual model of all contained resources.
> 
> This means that the models and virtual models are (will be) used to
> constrain a search for resoruces. But each resource will still have
> all their properties, from all connected interfaces.  And the get()
> method will allways get the resource, even if it's not containd in the
> model.
> 
> All statements are tied to a model.  The model says who the stater of
> the statement is.  The inclusion of a statement in a virtual model
> does not mean that the virtual model stater has stated the included
> statements.
> 
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