RE: Grammar question

Please disregard most of my last message :-) I'd overlooked the fact that []
and () can't meaningfully stand alone within a graph {}.

-Geoff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Chappell [mailto:geoff@sover.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:47 AM
> To: 'public-rdf-dawg-comments@w3.org'
> Subject: Grammar question
> 
> In the latest grammar VarOrTerm includes empty lists and empty blank nodes
> but does not include lists with content (Collection) or blank nodes with
> content (BlankNodePropertyList). Everywhere that VarOrTerm is used also
> offers alternatives using Collection and BlankNodePropertyList (except
> Reification - is that a mistake?). So why not just make RDFTerm include
> lists with content, blank nodes with content, and reifications - e.g. like
> the unused AnyNode? (sort of like saying that you can use a noun phrase
> anywhere you can use a noun.) Seems like it would simplify the grammar
> plus avoid potential mistakes of omission (e.g. shouldn't reification be
> included in CollectionElement?). Or is there a necessary distinction that
> I'm missing?
> 
> Geoff
> 

Received on Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:21:51 UTC