- From: Ruben Verborgh <ruben.verborgh@ugent.be>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:27:08 +0100
- To: Hydra <public-hydra@w3.org>
Posted by Andreas Kuckartz on the issue tracker: > According to http://www.hydra-cg.com/spec/latest/triple-pattern-fragments/ the object of the property void:triples is > > an integer literal expressing the estimated total number of matching triples" > > But http://www.w3.org/TR/void/ states: > > The total number of triples contained in the dataset > > And that document states for void:documents: > > This property is intended for datasets where the total number of triples or entities is hard to determine. void:triples or void:entities should be preferred where practical. > > That seems to substantiate that void:triples was intended for precise numbers, not estimates. > > In October 2014 there was a mail thread where a different opinion was presented: > > totalItems vs void:triples > [mail thread] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-hydra/2014Oct/0048.html > > I think it would be better to define and use a new property hydra:estimatedTiples or hydra:triplesEstimate. Maybe that property can be defined as a super-property of void:triples.
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