Dear DAWG, It's not completely clear to me what the Effective Boolean Value of invalid numeric literals should be. I have been unable to find a decisive answer in the current SPARQL specification. The current definition of EBV states: "If the argument is a numeric type or a typed literal with a datatype derived from a numeric type, the EBV is false if the operand value is NaN or is numerically equal to zero; otherwise the EBV is true." With this definition, it's clear that the EBV of "0"^^xsd:integer should be <false> and the EBV of "12345"^^xsd:int should be <true>. However, it doesn't exactly cover the case of invalid numeric literals like "bla"^^xsd:integer. I assume that this would result in a type error, but with the definition quoted above it could just as well evaluate to <true>. The EBV definition for boolean literals is a little clearer, but it also leaves room for interpretation. I would appreciate it if someone could clarify what the expected behaviour should be. Thanks, Arjohn -- Arjohn Kampman, Senior Software Engineer Aduna - Guided Exploration www.aduna-software.comReceived on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 12:28:48 GMT
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