- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:36:40 +0200
- To: RDB2RDF WG <public-rdb2rdf-wg@w3.org>
I am not sure this has an effect on R2RML or DM; possibly not. But you may want to know about that anyway! Ivan Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: public-rdf-wg@w3.org > From: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> > Date: June 15, 2011 18:39:19 GMT+02:00 > To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, Ian Horrocks <ian.horrocks@comlab.ox.ac.uk>, Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net> > Cc: RDF Working Group WG <public-rdf-wg@w3.org>, W3C SW CG Group <w3c-semweb-cg@w3.org>, public-rdf-dawg@w3.org > Subject: RDF WG Resolution Regarding Various Forms of String Literals > message-id: <5F656216-FE45-426E-A93E-4E90DDC3BE3D@3roundstones.com> > > Hi all, > > The RDF working group resolved our ISSUE-12 [1] today, which is intended to "reconcile various forms of string literals". > > We resolved to accept the proposal at: > http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/wiki/StringLiterals/AbolishUntaggedPlain > with the modification that preferred output form (SHOULD) is "foo" not "foo" ^^xsd:string in RDF; and we recommend that SPARQL and other WGs do the same. > > Discussion highlighted several possible areas of concern, which we believe the current proposal addresses. Specifically, it was noted that: > > - The forms "foo" and "foo"^^xsd:string are equivalent input syntaxes. > - The form "foo" is the preferred output syntax. > - The WG suggests retaining the term "plain literal" in documents to avoid unnecessary rework. Such plain literals would be considered semantically equivalent to xsd:strings. > > NB: This resolution makes *no statement* about language-tagged literals (e.g. "foo"@en). > > We invite discussion regarding the ramifications of this resolution to other working groups and implementors. > > Regards, > Dave > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/track/issues/12 > > > ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
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