[Editorial] "blank nodes do not denote specific resources"

• From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
• Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:02:45 -0400
• To: public-rdf-comments <public-rdf-comments@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <1342634565.3486.4276.camel@dbooth-laptop>

http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/#resources-and-statements 
says: "blank nodes do not denote specific resources".  I don't think
that is quite correct, since a blank node *does* denote a specific
resource.  It just doesn't give that resource a name that is meaningful
outside the graph.  I suggest rewording this as "blank nodes do not have
stable names that can be referenced outside of the graph".



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Received on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:03:14 UTC