Re: ISSUE-19: Should TURTLE allow triples like "[ :p 123 ]." as SPARQL does ? from Richard Cyganiak on 2011-04-01 (public-rdf-wg@w3.org from April 2011)

From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:38:59 +0530
To: Peter Frederick Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
Cc: <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>, <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>, <sysbot+tracker@w3.org>
Message-Id: <F8C446FF-9A9D-4A20-A791-C364DBB00997@cyganiak.de>

Peter,

On 1 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Peter Frederick Patel-Schneider wrote:
> The extra complexity and lack of uniformity is a strong point against
> this syntax.

It's a point against the syntax, but not a strong point. Gains in user convenience are worth extra grammar rules. And uniformity can be sacrificed for gains in other areas.

I rest my case.

Richard

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