Re: shapes as classes

"Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com> wrote on 12/19/2014 
01:16:01 PM:

> From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com>
> To: Arthur Ryman/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, "Eric Prud'hommeaux" <eric@w3.org>
> Cc: public-data-shapes-wg <public-data-shapes-wg@w3.org>
> Date: 12/19/2014 01:16 PM
> Subject: Re: shapes as classes
> 
> The implicit connection here appears to be outside the scope of RDF. If 
this 
> connection is a vital part of the story, then I don't think that 
thestory is 
> in scope of the working group.
> 
> peter

An RDF graph is not required to be connected. A shape language should be 
applicable to general RDF graphs, not just connected ones. Disconnected 
RDF graphs arise in real applications.

-- Arthur

Received on Friday, 19 December 2014 18:55:59 UTC