Re: [TF-PP] Minor comments on the current document

Alexandre Passant wrote:
> Hi,
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> I think I missed the original announcement regarding the availability of the document in SVN, but here are some late and minor comments about it.
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> - Shouldn't it generally use the term "inverse" instead of "reverse" ? Seems more coherent with the current terminology 
> 

+1

> - In the first table, I'd suggest, "Name of people one "foaf:knows" step away" rather that 'one "knows" steps away'
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> - Last example of 4.1: must we read
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>   ?x foaf:knows/^foaf:knows ?x .  (i.e. foaf:knows followed by an inverse foaf:knows)
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> instead of 
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>   ?x foaf:knows^foaf:knows ?x .  
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the table at the beginning of section 2 includes a row:

elt1 ^ elt2  Shorthand for elt1 / ^elt2, that is elt1 followed by
  reverse elt2.

Ie, this looks like a shorthand. That being said, I must admit I was
also misled by the example and I begin to question whether having such a
shorthand is wise/useful...

Ivan

> ?
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> - Should we also mention that PP does not provide new features to SPARQL per se, but a simpler way to write query involving paths.
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> Best,
> 
> Alex.
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> Dr. Alexandre Passant
> Digital Enterprise Research Institute
> National University of Ireland, Galway
> :me owl:sameAs <http://apassant.net/alex> .
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