RE: RDF Abstract Syntax: a strawman

>this gets back to relational database design. sometimes a tad of
>denormalization is recommended for performance.

There is a pretty good argument that denormalization for performance reasons
is impossible [1] : normalization is a logical concept whereas performance
is determined by the implementation. It has also been noted that
denormalization is often undesirable as the maintenance of integrity is
likely to require additional application-level support (i.e. more work).
Whether or not this argument carries over to n-tuples of RDF is another
matter...

[1]
http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,,sid13_gci528153,00.h
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