Re: definitions for SELECT, projection, substitution

OK - noted.  I rushed to get the text in to avoid loosing it.

 Andy

Dan Connolly wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 18:23 +0000, Seaborne, Andy wrote:
> 
>>>(http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rq23/#MultipleMatches 1.120 )
>>
>>Text added in v1.129
> 
> 
> OK, but now there's some redundancy; the definition I gave
> for substituion is intended to replace the definitions
> of binding and set of bindings.
> 
> These define pretty much the same construct:
> 
> "A substitution S is a functional relation from variables to RDF terms.
> We write S[v] for
> the term that S pairs with the variable v."
> 
> and
> 
> "A binding is a pair which defines a mapping from a variable to an RDF
> Term. If B is such a binding, var(B) is the variable of the binding, and
> val(B) is the RDF term.
> 
> ...
> 
> A binding, B, defines a substitution subst(T, B) on triple T that
> replaces every occurrence of the variable, var(B), with the
> corresponding RDF Term, val(B)."
> 
> 
> I hope to have a suggestion about how to resolve the redundancy
> after I study the definitions for SOURCE (and perhaps optionals).
>  

Received on Friday, 12 November 2004 03:40:05 UTC