Re: [Query-errata] wrong variable name in example (section 11.4.1)

Raf Guns wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The first query example in section 11.4.1
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#func-bound) seems incorrect.
> Currently, it says:
> 
> PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
> PREFIX dc:   <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
> PREFIX xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
> SELECT ?name
>  WHERE { ?x foaf:givenName  ?givenName .
>          OPTIONAL { ?x dc:date ?date } .
>          FILTER ( bound(?date) ) }
> 
> which should become
> 
> PREFIX foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
> PREFIX dc:   <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
> PREFIX xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
> SELECT ?name
>  WHERE { ?x foaf:givenName  ?name .
>          OPTIONAL { ?x dc:date ?date } .
>          FILTER ( bound(?date) ) }
> 
> so the variable name in the SELECT clause matches with the variable
> name in the WHERE clause. I couldn't find any mention of this issue,
> which is why I'm signaling it here.

Hi Raf,

This is indeed an error in the example. Thanks for pointing it out.

Lee