Re: (proposal) was Re: defn of Named Graph

On Sep 27, 2013 4:07 AM, "Thomas Baker" <tom@tombaker.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 08:11:03AM -0400, Sandro Hawke wrote:
> > 2. We briefly apologize for the confusing names
>
> +1
>
> >                                                 -- a Named Graph is
> > not actually an RDF Graph that happens to have been given a name --
> > it's a fundamentally different thing that *can* be given a name.
>
> Finding the right words to explain this will be a challenge, but I think
it is
> important to do so, especially if it will not be covered in the Primer.
>
> > (It's what Pat likes to call a surface and I like to call a g-box.)
>
> It would be nice if the note could recap some of the thinking behind
this, as
> per [1].
>
> > When people say "graph" in the RDF world, they are often talking
> > about Named Graphs, not RDF Graphs, as evidenced by them talking
> > about "putting things into the graph", or otherwise changing them.
>
> Yes, this point needs to be acknowledged somewhere - and explained.
>
> > Strawpoll: If I wrote this up for a WG note, in a style you liked,
> > would you support the WG publishing it?
>
> +1

+1

> Tom
>
> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-wg/2012Nov/0305.html
>
> --
> Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
>

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