- From: Colby Russell <colby+rdfstarwg@colbyrussell.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 11:13:07 -0500
- To: public-rdf-star-wg@w3.org
Simple solution: recognize that reified triples belong to purview of literals--i.e., they _are_ literals. (Literally. That's _exactly_ what they are--and always have been--or *should* have been, at least...) Instead of accommodating reification through special syntax, they need only a standard datatype to tag them appropriately. The correct disposition for this issue follows straightforwardly from this--an example where the relationship between policy and mechanism is policy from mechanism--since literals can only appear in the object position, then any given reified triple, being that which is expressed as a literal, must also. (At least for as long as RDF imposes this constraint on literals of any type--a decision which may need to be revisited.) Have fun. -- Colby Russell
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