Re: Deep copy

Thank you Peter,

can you check if the latest version has any issues?

Best,
Dimitris

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider <
pfpschneider@gmail.com> wrote:

> Your reasoning is incorrect.
>
> It appears that what you mean by "deep copy" is somewhat related to its
> meaning in LISP.  The meaning of "deep copy" that most readers will know
> of is
> is meaning in current object-oriented languages, where all objects
> reachable
> by inter-object links are copied.  This would end up copying the entire
> portion of the RDF graph reachable from the head list node, which is not
> what
> is desired here.
>
>
> Peter F. Patel-Schneider
> Nuance Communications
>
>
> On 09/22/2016 10:38 PM, Holger Knublauch wrote:
> > On 23/09/2016 11:36, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> >>
> >>> Deep copy
> >>>
> >>> "a deep copy of sh:path as its sh:path" What is "deep copy" in this
> >> context?
> >>>      Comment (HK): I have attempted to clarify this here:
> >> https://github.com/w3c/data-shapes/commit/
> d3f8f858f95b010d1f2a0e4681da203bcbfbc217
> >>
> >>>      Comment (kc): Unless "deep copy" has some pre-defined meaning
> that I
> >> am unaware of, I would suggest dropping it and saying: The value of
> sh:path
> >> of each validation result must copy all triples that are required by
> the <a
> >> href="#path-syntax">SHACL well-formed path syntax rules</a>from the
> >> <a>shapes graph</a> into the graph containing the validation results.
> >>>      Comment (HK): The first google match of "deep copy" is pretty
> close to
> >> what I wanted to express, so I believe the term should be familiar to
> many
> >> people and may be helpful for implementers. Also I had surrounded the
> term
> >> with "...". Anyway, I have no strong opinion and let others decide.
> >>
> >> The extra wording is helpful.  However, "deep copy" in
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_copying#Deep_copy is different.
> Either
> >> drop "deep copy" or point to an appropriate definition.
> >
> > Almost every English word is somehow overloaded with multiple meanings. I
> > believe your linked deep copy is quite appropriate for what I am trying
> to
> > express. If anyone has a suggestion on how to explain this better, please
> > provide a complete replacement of the sentence - just dropping the term
> does
> > not work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Holger
> >
>
>


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