- From: <Faisal.Alkhateeb@inrialpes.fr>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:50:50 +0200
- To: Lee Feigenbaum <feigenbl@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: public-rdf-dawg-comments@w3.org
Quoting Lee Feigenbaum <feigenbl@us.ibm.com>: > Hello, > > Thank you for your feedback. I've attempted to address your questions and > comments inline below. > > --- > Please respond indicating whether you are or are not satisfied with > this response. If you are, you can help our issue tracking system by > prefixing the subject of your response with [CLOSED] (where this > subject has [OK?]). > --- > > Faisal Alkhateeb wrote on 06/14/2006 04:33:52 AM: > > > > > Hi, > > > > While reading the last version of SPARQL, I am surprised with the > following > > definition. I don't know if the semantics of RDF (and consequently > SPARQL) is > > changed. > > > > > > Definition: Triple Pattern > > > > A triple pattern is member of the set: > > (RDF-T union V) x (I union V) x (RDF-T union V) > > > > >From the above definition, the literals are allowed in the subject > position. > > However, they are not allowed in RDF. So, I want to know if it is a > > mistake or > > not? > > As per the text following this definition at > http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#BasicGraphPattern: > > """ > This definition of Triple Pattern includes literal subjects. This has been > noted by RDF-core. > > "[The RDF core Working Group] noted that it is aware of no reason why > literals should not > be subjects and a future WG with a less restrictive charter may > extend the syntaxes to allow literals as the subjects of statements." > > Any SPARQL triple pattern with a literal as subject will fail to match on > any RDF graph. > """ > > That is to say, the syntax for triple patterns within SPARQL does indeed > allow literals as subjects, but because current RDF syntax does not allow > literal subjects, such a triple pattern will not match against an RDF > graph. > oK. > > - For blanks in SPARQL, I want to know if they act as variables or not, > that > > is, if a blank can be mapped to any RDF term (or just to a resource)? I > need > > some explannation on that, because blanks = anonymous variables. What is > a > > resource? Is it a literal or an IRI or just an IRI? > > Blank nodes in a triple pattern can match any type of RDF Term (URI > reference, (plain or typed) literal, or blank node) in the target dataset. > (This is a consequence of the simple-entailment based definition of > pattern matching in http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#BGPgeneral and > the definitions of simple entailment and graph instances as per > http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/#entail and > http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-mt-20040210/#graphdefs .) > > For the most part, then, blank nodes function as non-distinguished > variables, with the caveat be that blank node labels are scoped only to > basic graph patterns. (Therefore, for instance { { _:a :p :o } { _:a :p2 > :o2 } } is the same graph pattern as { { _:a :p :o } { _:b :p :o } }. > oK. > > - Is the case that blanks are not allowed in the predicate position? > > SPARQL does allow blank nodes in the predicate position of triple > patterns. As per http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#BasicGraphPattern: > > """ > This definition also allows blank nodes in the predicate position. > """ > I think the definition does not allow blank nodes in the predicate position. > thanks, > Lee > > > > > > Best regards, > > Faisal Alkhateeb > > Ph.d. student, INRIA Rhône-Alpes > > > > > >
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