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Stefan Haustein wrote: > > Gabe Beged-Dov wrote: > > > > I also wonder about the distinction between Java interfaces and > > classes as far as serialization. Vilya has made a point of noting that > > David talked about Interfaces rather than Classes when explaining the > > mapping to RDF. <snip> > > I think Vilya replied in order to answer a question by > someone else asking "hm, does it make sense to > map classes to rdf? where are the methods?". Actually, I was replying to a message about a good analogy to use for explaining RDF to a beginner. There was a message saying that you could help someone begin to understand by saying "an RDF model is sort of like a Java interface". A reply to this explained why it was incorrect, but the reasons given seemed to result from a confusion between classes and interfaces in Java so I thought I'd try and correct that mistake. Obviously there *are* differences between RDF models and Java interfaces - many of which have been brought to light by this discussion - but as a jumping off point for developing an understanding it's a useful comparison. Vil. -- Vilya Harvey <vilya@n...> Wilkinson House Mob: +44 961 106 505 Computational Mathematics Group Jordan Hill Road Wk: +44 1865 511 245 NAG Limited Oxford UK OX2 8DR Fax: +44 1865 311 205 *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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