Re: complete graphs

>>>>> "cygri" == Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de> writes:

    >> What if we *did* have names for assertions? We could construct
    >> graphs (collections of assertions) using these names... If we
    >> interpreted the fourth column in this way, what would happen?

    cygri> There was a looong conversation between me an Bob Ferris on
    cygri> public-rdf-comments about exactly this question, starting
    cygri> here:

Richard, thanks for pointing out that thread, I had missed it.

My reading of it is that either will work.

The statement id approach might be cleaner since it doesn't rely on a
slightly kludgy indirection (thing vs. the thing in that bucket) and a
not quite easily enforceable requirement that the graph size actually is
1 (possibly meaning extra work for the programmer if we just use
graphs).

On the other hand it is more radical since it introduces a new concept
and forces a bit of reimagining of how collections of assertions or
graphs are treated. Pragmatic conservatism might weigh in favour of the
graph approach then.

I'm undecided...

-w

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