suggested wording improvement - SPARQL Update: INSERT QuadData

This is a formal comment, in a personal capacity on the following text:


http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-update-20130321/#insertData <http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-sparql11-update-20130321/#insertData>

"where QuadData are formed by TriplesTemplate <http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/#rTriplesTemplate>s, i.e., sets of triple patterns, optionally wrapped into a GRAPH block.”

I take the normative text in this case to be from the introduction:


"The following terms are also used in this document as defined in the SPARQL 1.1 Query Language: … QuadData”

and then the quoted text, particularly the "optionally wrapped into a GRAPH block.” misleadingly suggested that there is either
no graph block, or exactly one graph block.

Improved wording might be:

“where QuadData are formed from sets of triple patterns, some of which may be wrapped into GRAPH blocks.”

and to include an example (or modify an old one) to show a mix of both default graph and named graph usage.

Also, the entry in
http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/tests/data-sparql11/syntax-update-1/manifest.ttl <http://www.w3.org/2009/sparql/docs/tests/data-sparql11/syntax-update-1/manifest.ttl>
for the pertinent test case
syntax-update-25.ru

has a minor error in that it was approved by resolution 3 and not resolution 2 of the referenced meeting. 

Jeremy

Received on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 20:19:37 UTC