Re: Review of the the DM pre CR version (Re: Final round of Direct Mapping spec changes; please review to prepare for CR)

On 27 Jan 2012, at 09:25, Ivan Herman wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2012, at 20:39 , Eric Prud'hommeaux wrote:
> 
>>> Let's remove the text. I don't have time to write this in the next month. However, I will get it done :)
>> 
>> Noting Marcelo's consent, I have made this edit in R1.17:
>> 
>> s/Additionally, the direct mapping does not generate triples for NULL values; note however that it is not known how to relate the behaviour of the obtained RDF graph with the standard SQL semantics of the NULL values of the source RDB.
>> For a detailed discussion of this issue, see a forthcoming working group note.
>> /The direct mapping does not generate triples for NULL values/

Obviously having that sentence was the reason for all my fussing around. I will not approve that edit :-)

> This is more than what I asked for. The only thing I was asking is to remove the very last sentence referring to the forthcoming working group note. Doing the edit you did goes against the WG resolution, that is for sure, and would lead to unnecessary discussions again.

Indeed.

> I think the sentence should be:
> 
> [[[
> Additionally, the direct mapping does not generate triples for NULL values; note however that it is not known how to relate the behavior of the obtained RDF graph with the standard SQL semantics of the NULL values of the source RDB.
> ]]]

Agreed.

> (note that, in the original text, it was behaviour instead of behavior. Some British spy came in and spoiled the pure American document!:-)

This was me. 
I've learnt that English is a European language which was adopted and simplified by Americans...

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