Sandro Hawke wrote: > Talking after the call today, Axel made a good case for adopting the > other solution to the infix-operators problem, namely to pay attention > to whether there is a space between the "f" and the "(" in "f(x)". So > "f (x)" is two terms, and "f(x)" is one term. This is my own > preference, and what I implemented before the task force telecon (where > I got talked out of it). One of Axel's considerations is alignment with > SPARQL and other RDF-related languages, in user training materials. If > we go with this kind of space-sensitivity, then we can have both the > F-Logic and N3 styles available for expressing triples, so you can write > your exampes in either one. And you can use commas if you want, but you > can also leave them out. This means my parser should be able to handle > all the existing examples and test cases... a pretty big win, really. > The one thing people can't do is write "f (x)" when they mean "f(x)". > > -- Sandro In that context, note that in the proposed PS we hav space-sensitivity already anyways, for the '-' operator vs. dashes within IRIs. So, I think that additional space-sensitivity would be totally acceptable. Axel -- Dr. Axel Polleres Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway email: axel.polleres@deri.org url: http://www.polleres.net/Received on Thursday, 12 March 2009 09:23:52 GMT
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