Re: Comment on RDF Model Theory

Thanks Jeremy. I have added the error to:

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/RDFCore/errata.html

Thanks again.

Ivan

Jeremy Carroll wrote:
> 
> We suggest that the following text is in error:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/#DTYPEINTERP
> [[
> If D is a datatype map, a D-interpretation of a vocabulary V is any
> rdfs-interpretation I of V union {aaa: < aaa, x > in D for some x }
> which satisfies the following extra conditions for every pair < aaa, x >
> in D:
> ]]
> 
> we suggest that this text is better:
> [[
> If D is a datatype map, a D-interpretation of a vocabulary V is any
> rdfs-interpretation I of V union {aaa: < aaa, x > in D for some x }
> union { "sss"^^aaa : < aaa, x > in D for some x and "sss" in the lexical
> space of x }
> which satisfies the following extra conditions for every pair < aaa, x >
> in D:
> ]]
> 
> This is motivated so that the D-entailments recorded in RDF Test Cases
> do in fact hold.
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-testcases-20040210/#tc_cert
> e.g.
> tests
> http://www.w3.org/2000/10/rdf-tests/rdfcore/datatypes/Manifest.rdf#semantic-equivalence-within-type-1
> 
> http://www.w3.org/2000/10/rdf-tests/rdfcore/datatypes/Manifest.rdf#semantic-equivalence-within-type-2
> 
> 
> involving files
> datatypes/test003a.nt
> and
> datatypes/test003b.nt
> 
> With the currently worded RDF Semantics these entailments do not hold.
> 
> Given that the spec is no longer in active development, we would be
> happy with a note in the erratum document to this effect, for formal
> consideration when this specification is next reviewed by a working group.
> 
> Jeremy Carroll
> David Turner
> 
> 

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