bnode issue in new spec - impact on test cases?

Looking at the new spec, I see an issue:
'Should blank nodes be treated differently than variables in the query 
pattern?'
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-rdf-sparql-query-20061004/#entailmentFramework

(feel free to cut replies across to the public-sparql-dev list if more 
appropriate)

Couple of points -
a)
I don't see a direct reference to a test case, beyond mention of example 
7 in http://www.mindswap.org/2003/pellet/demo.shtml which I'll reproduce 
below. It would be helpful if the WG's open issue could be articulated 
in terms of a specific test case and different behaviours.

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/issues#entailmentFramework
-> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2006JulSep/0264.html
-> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2006JulSep/0048.html
...have some discussion, but I can find nothing as blunt as "here are 
the results you'd get from an implemenetion of hte last spec, ... and 
here are the results you'd get from an implementation of this one."

b)
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/tests/ has a lot of mentions of 
bnodes. Have all the relevant bnode-related test cases been updated to 
fit with the new approach to bnodes? Did much change?

cheers,

Dan




data:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rdf:RDF
     xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
     xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#"
     xmlns:food="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/guide-src/food#"
     xml:base="http://www.mindswap.org/test"
 >
<owl:Ontology rdf:about="">
   <owl:imports 
rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/guide-src/food.owl"/>
</owl:Ontology>

<food:PastaWithLightCreamCourse rdf:about="#MyLunch"/>
<food:RedMeatCourse rdf:about="#MyDinner"/>

</rdf:RDF>



query:

PREFIX rdf:  <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
PREFIX food: <http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/guide-src/food#>
PREFIX wine: <http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/guide-src/wine#>

SELECT ?Meal ?WineColor
WHERE {
    ?Meal rdf:type food:MealCourse .
    ?Meal food:hasDrink _:Wine .
    _:Wine wine:hasColor ?WineColor }

Received on Friday, 6 October 2006 09:34:18 UTC