Syntax of MINUS

• From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@talis.com>
• Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:13:48 +0100
• To: SPARQL Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <4BB3043C.50006@talis.com>

Should the syntax of MINUS be like UNION with {} on the left-hand side

{ { ?s a foaf:Person
     ?s foaf:name ?name
   }
   MINUS
   { ?s foaf:knows ?other }
}

or without:

{ ?s a foaf:Person .
   ?s foaf:name ?name .
   MINUS { ?s foaf:name ?name }
}

Either works from a grammar point of view.

 Andy

Received on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 08:14:22 UTC