Re: RM formalism supporting partial information

Bob Badour wrote:

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>
> In this context, your assertion is rather like 'transportation is
> essential'. Either buses or bicycles suffice. As I said, I am not sure
> the name is necessarily part of the element. We must have some way to
> identify the elements, but any identification method suffices. Of
> course, we choose names over positions because positions are necessarily
> tied to a specific medium, and we want to use media-independent
> representations.
>

I'm afraid you've lost me. In what sense are names more media-independent than positions?

Cheers,
Joe Received on Tue Nov 20 2007 - 14:44:07 CST