Re: unicode escapes in prefix names

On 2011-11-22, at 21:26, Gavin Carothers wrote:
>>> but you don't
>>> seem to be arguing that unicode escapes should be allowed in the
>>> strings “@prefix” or “@base” or in the rdf:type shortcut “a”. So it's
>>> not even that consistent.
>> 
>> I suggested some time ago that Turtle adopt the current SPARQL approach of
>> putting unicode escape processing into the input stream.
>> 
> 
> With both implementer and editor hat on I support using the SPARQL
> model for input stream processing of escapes for Turtle. The only
> issues I see are for N-Triples, which may resolve escaping another
> way. There are also some funky issues with error reporting (as the
> parser won't the see the escape sequence but only the character
> produced)

Yes, the SPARQL model seems more sensible and consistent.

- Steve

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