Re: add a triviallyTrue predicate

From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:39:52 +0100 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20030422133934.00b1dd10@localhost> To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, www-rdf-comments@w3.org · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0+W3C-0.50 : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:17:12 GMT


At 15:25 19/04/2003 -0500, Dan Connolly wrote:

>Consider adding to RDFS a triviallyTrue predicate;
>specification:
>
>   ?S rdfs:triviallyTrue ?O.
>
>is true for all ?S and ?O.
>
>Rationale:
>
>(1) jeremy's digital signature application needs
>to number bnodes
>
>(2) folks are asking for all uses of rdfs:comment
>to be vacuously true. This would provide that
>functionality.
>
>Options:
>
>call it noop or... hmm... rdfs:comment really is

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