- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 08:45:53 -0500
- To: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@hp.com>
- Cc: RDF Data Access Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 07:26, Seaborne, Andy wrote: > Dan Connolly wrote: > > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rq23/#basicpatterns [...] > """ > A variable is a placeholder in a query pattern for possible RDF terms. > A variables is asscoiated with at most one RDF term in a query solution. > """ > which disallows multivalue variables in a single query solution. I think that constraint is expressed elsewhere, though I haven't transcribed the definition of query solution yet. I think this definition is still vacuous. > Just saying it as text misses the formal nature of variables. The formal nature of variables is captured by the other definitions. I don't see why you want a specific definition for the term variable in addition to the other definitions that use the term variable in constrained ways. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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